King James Version
Psalms 26:2
2Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
Psalms 26:2 in other versions
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Put me on trial, Lord, and cross-examine me. Test my motives and my heart.
Context of Psalms 26:2
1Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide. Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. 3For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. 4I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
Read all of Psalms 26Psalms 26:2 word by word
בְּחָנֵ֣נִי יְהוָ֣ה וְנַסֵּ֑נִי צָרְפָ֖ה כִלְיוֹתַ֣י וְלִבִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 26:2
- Psalms 7:9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
- Psalms 17:3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
- Psalms 66:10For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
- Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
- Job 13:23How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
- Job 31:4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
- Jeremiah 20:12But, O Lord of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
- Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my 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
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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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