Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 26:10
10in whose hands are evil schemes and whose right hands are filled with bribes.
Psalms 26:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
- New International Version (NIV)in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)in whose hands are evil devices, and whose right hands are full of bribes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In whose hands is a sinister scheme, And whose right hand is full of bribes.
Context of Psalms 26:10
8Lord, I love the house where you dwell, the place where your glory resides. 9Do not destroy me along with sinners, or my life along with men of bloodshed in whose hands are evil schemes and whose right hands are filled with bribes. 11But I live with integrity; redeem me and be gracious to me. 12My foot stands on level ground; I will bless the Lord in the assemblies.
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אֲשֶׁר־בִּידֵיהֶ֥ם זִמָּ֑ה וִֽ֝ימִינָ֗ם מָ֣לְאָה שֹּֽׁחַד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 26:10
- Psalms 10:14But you yourself have seen trouble and grief, observing it in order to take the matter into your hands. The helpless one entrusts himself to you; you are a helper of the fatherless.
- Psalms 11:2For look, the wicked string bows; they put their arrows on bowstrings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
- Psalms 36:4Even on his bed he makes malicious plans. He sets himself on a path that is not good, and he does not reject evil.
- Psalms 52:2Like a sharpened razor, your tongue devises destruction, working treachery.
- Psalms 55:9Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city;
- Proverbs 1:16because their feet run toward evil and they hurry to shed blood.
- Proverbs 4:16For they can’t sleep unless they have done what is evil; they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
- Micah 2:1Woe to those who dream up wickedness and prepare evil plans on their beds! At morning light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
- Matthew 26:3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,
- Acts 23:12When it was morning, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
- Exodus 23:8You must not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and corrupts the words of the righteous.
- Deuteronomy 16:19Do not deny justice or show partiality to anyone. Do not accept a bribe, for it blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
- 1 Samuel 8:3However, his sons did not walk in his ways — they turned toward dishonest profit, took bribes, and perverted justice.
- Isaiah 33:15The one who lives righteously and speaks rightly, who refuses profit from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots and shuts his eyes against evil schemes —
- Ezekiel 22:12People who live in you accept bribes in order to shed blood. You take interest and profit on a loan and brutally extort your neighbors. You have forgotten me. This is the declaration of the Lord God.
- Amos 5:12For I know your crimes are many and your sins innumerable. They oppress the righteous, take a bribe, and deprive the poor of justice at the city gates.
Commentaries on Psalms 26:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Their right hand is full of bribes - He speaks of persons in office, who took bribes to pervert judgment and justice.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10In whose hands is mischief - The word here rendered “mischief,” means properly “purpose, counsel, plan;” then, an evil purpose, “mischief, wickedness, crime.” The idea is, either that they intended to do mischief, and that they employed their hands to accomplish it, or that the fruit or result of their wicked plans was in their hands; that is, they had in their possession what they had secured by robbery, or plunder, or dishonesty. And their right hand is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-12In this personal lament, the psalmist prays for redemption because of his innocence and the Lord's justice.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Their whole conduct is that of violence and fraud.Read the comment
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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
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