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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)For I am always aware of your unfailing love, and I have lived according to your truth.

Context of Psalms 26:3

1Vindicate me, Lord, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the Lord and have not faltered. 2Test me, Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind; for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness. 4I do not sit with the deceitful, nor do I associate with hypocrites. 5I abhor the assembly of evildoers and refuse to sit with the wicked.

Psalms 26:3 word by word

כִּֽי־חַ֭סְדְּךָ לְנֶ֣גֶד עֵינָ֑י וְ֝הִתְהַלַּ֗כְתִּי בַּאֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For thy lovingkindnessחֶ֫סֶדchêsêd · kindnessH2617
• before mine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• and I have walkedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• in thy truthאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: faithfulH571

Cross-references for Psalms 26:3

• Psalms 52:1Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
• Psalms 85:10Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
• Matthew 5:44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
• Luke 6:36Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
• 2 Corinthians 3:18And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
• 2 Corinthians 5:14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
• 2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.
• Ephesians 4:32Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
• Ephesians 5:1Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children
• Colossians 3:12Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
• 1 John 4:7Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
• 3 John 1:11Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.
• Psalms 25:5Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
• Psalms 101:2I will be careful to lead a blameless life— when will you come to me? I will conduct the affairs of my house with a blameless heart.
• Psalms 119:142Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is true.
• 2 Kings 20:3“Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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

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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