EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Psalms 26:2
2Test me, Lord, and see how I have lived. Look into my mind and see my thoughts.
Psalms 26:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
- New International Version (NIV)Test me, Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;
- English Standard Version (ESV)Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and my mind.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart.
Context of Psalms 26:2
1Lord, I always try to do what is right. I continue to trust you all the time. So please show that I am not guilty of wrong things. Test me, Lord, and see how I have lived. Look into my mind and see my thoughts. 3I always know that I can trust you, because of your faithful love. So I live to please you. 4I do not become a friend of people who tell lies. I do not join together with hypocrites.
Read all of Psalms 26Psalms 26:2 word by word
בְּחָנֵ֣נִי יְהוָ֣ה וְנַסֵּ֑נִי צָרְפָ֖ה כִלְיוֹתַ֣י וְלִבִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 26:2
- Psalms 7:9Stop wicked people from doing evil things. Keep your own people safe. You always do what is right, and you know how we think and feel.
- Psalms 17:3You look deep into my mind. You check my thoughts at night. When you test me, you find nothing that is wrong. I have decided that I will never tell any lies.
- Psalms 66:10You have tested us, God. You wanted to make us pure, as they make silver pure in a hot fire.
- Psalms 139:23Please God, look deep inside me. See what is there in my thoughts.
- Job 13:23Tell me how many wrong things I have done. Show me what my sins are.
- Job 31:4God sees all the things that I do. He carefully watches how I live my life.
- Jeremiah 20:12Lord Almighty, you test righteous people, to see if they are faithful. You know what people think. You know their feelings. I trust you to show that I am not guilty. So punish those people who want to hurt me.
- Zechariah 13:9I will bring these people through fire. As men clean silver in the fire, so I will clean them. As men test gold in the fire, so I will test them. They will speak my name and I will answer them. I will say, “They are my people.” They will say, “The Lord is our God.” ’
Commentaries on Psalms 26:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Examine me, O Lord - To thee I appeal; and feel no hesitation in wishing to have all the motives of my heart dissected and exposed to thy view, and to that of the world.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Examine me, O Lord - The meaning of this verse is, that he asked of God a strict and rigid examination of his case. To express this, the psalmist uses three words - “examine; prove; try.” These words are designed to include the modes in which the reality of anything is tested, and they imply together that he wished the most “thorough” investigation to be made; he did not shrink from any test. He evidently felt that it was essential to his welfare that the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3The psalmist opens himself to divine examination of his life, especially in the areas of his character and devotion.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. He asks the most careful scrutiny of his affections and thoughts (Psa 7:9), or motives.Read the comment
Topics related to Psalms 26:2
In the dictionaries
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
EasyEnglish Bible 2018 — Copyright © MissionAssist 2018
Commentaries