Psalms 26:3

Psalms 26:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
• New International Version (NIV)for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth.

Context of Psalms 26:3

1Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering. 2Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind. For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes; And I have walked in thy truth. 4I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers. 5I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked.

Psalms 26:3 word by word

כִּֽי־חַ֭סְדְּךָ לְנֶ֣גֶד עֵינָ֑י וְ֝הִתְהַלַּ֗כְתִּי בַּאֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• walkedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• truthאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: faithfulH571

Cross-references for Psalms 26:3

• Psalms 52:1Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endureth continually.
• Psalms 85:10Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
• Matthew 5:44but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;
• Luke 6:36Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
• 2 Corinthians 3:18But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
• 2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;
• 2 Corinthians 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.
• Ephesians 4:32and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.
• Ephesians 5:1Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
• Colossians 3:12Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
• 1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.
• 3 John 1:11Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
• Psalms 25:5Guide me in thy truth, and teach me; For thou art the God of my salvation; For thee do I wait all the day.
• Psalms 101:2I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
• Psalms 119:142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
• 2 Kings 20:3Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

Commentaries on Psalms 26:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3For thy loving-kindness - A sense of thy favor and approbation was more to my heart than thrones and sceptres; and in order to retain this blessing, I have walked in thy truth.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes - Thy favor or friendship is constantly before me, in the sense that it is the object of my desire. I wish to secure it; I long to know whether I have sufficient evidence that it is mine. This is a reason why he desires that God would search him. The favor or the friendship of God was an object of intense desire with him. He had evidence upon which he relied, and which seemed to him to be satisfactory, that God…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3For God’s truth to become part of one’s character requires a habitual commitment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. As often, the ground of prayer for present help is former favor.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 26:3

• Integrity
• Obedience

In the dictionaries

• Truth
• Wondrous
• Psalms, Book of
• integrity

Commentaries on Psalms 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings