God’s Word Translation
Psalms 26:12
12My feet stand on level ground. I will praise the Lord with the choirs in worship.
Psalms 26:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)My feet stand on level ground; in the great congregation I will praise the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My foot stands on level ground; in the great assembly I will bless the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My foot stands in an even place; In the congregations I will bless the Lord.
Context of Psalms 26:12
10Evil schemes are in their hands. Their right hands are full of bribes. 11But I walk with integrity. Rescue me, and have pity on me. My feet stand on level ground. I will praise the Lord with the choirs in worship.
Read all of Psalms 26Psalms 26:12 word by word
רַ֭גְלִי עָֽמְדָ֣ה בְמִישׁ֑וֹר בְּ֝מַקְהֵלִ֗ים אֲבָרֵ֥ךְ יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 26:12
- Psalms 27:11Teach me your way, O Lord. Lead me on a level path because I have enemies who spy on me.
- Psalms 40:2He pulled me out of a horrible pit, out of the mud and clay. He set my feet on a rock and made my steps secure.
- 1 Samuel 2:9He safeguards the steps of his faithful ones, but wicked people are silenced in darkness because humans cannot succeed by their own strength.
- Proverbs 10:9Whoever lives honestly will live securely, but whoever lives dishonestly will be found out.
- Psalms 26:7so that I may loudly sing a hymn of thanksgiving and tell about all your miracles.
- Psalms 22:22I will tell my people about your name. I will praise you within the congregation.
- Psalms 107:32Let them glorify him when the people are gathered for worship. Let them praise him in the company of respected leaders.
- Psalms 111:1Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart in the company of decent people and in the congregation.
- Psalms 122:4All of the Lord’s tribes go to that city because it is a law in Israel to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
- Hebrews 2:12He says, “I will tell my people about your name. I will praise you within the congregation.”
Commentaries on Psalms 26:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12My foot standeth in an even place - On the above principles I have taken my stand: to abhor evil; to cleave to that which is good; to avoid the company of wicked men; to frequent the ordinances of God; to be true and just in all my dealings with men; and to depend for my support and final salvation on the mere mercy of God. He who acts in this way, his feet stand in an even place. I will bless the Lord - In all my transactions with men, and in all my…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12My foot standeth in an even place - The word rendered “even place” - מישׁור mı̂yshôr - means properly “righteousness,” or “justice;” then, “evenness, a level region, a plain:” Isaiah 40:4; Isaiah 42:16. DeWette renders it, “in a right path.” The idea is, either that he was standing now on smooth and level ground; or that he was walking in a straight path, in contradistinction from the crooked and perverse ways of the wicked; that is, he had found now a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12The psalmist standing on solid ground represents salvation (compare Psalm 143:10). in the congregations: This means in the great assembly at the temple (Psalms 26:6–8; 22:25).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1211-12. But, &c.--He contrasts his character and destiny with that of the wicked (compare Psa 26:1, 2).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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