New King James Version
Psalms 26:2
2Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart.
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 Living Translation (NLT)Put me on trial, Lord, and cross-examine me. Test my motives and my heart.
Context of Psalms 26:2
1Vindicate me, O Lord, For I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the Lord; I shall not slip. Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart. 3For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth. 4I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, Nor will I go in with hypocrites.
Read all of Psalms 26Psalms 26:2 word by word
בְּחָנֵ֣נִי יְהוָ֣ה וְנַסֵּ֑נִי צָרְפָ֖ה כִלְיוֹתַ֣י וְלִבִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
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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 tests the hearts and minds.
- Psalms 17:3You have tested my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and have found nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
- Psalms 66:10For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us as silver is refined.
- Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties;
- Job 13:23How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin.
- Job 31:4Does He not see my ways, And count all my steps?
- Jeremiah 20:12But, O Lord of hosts, You who test the righteous, And see the mind and heart, Let me see Your vengeance on them; For I have pleaded my cause before You.
- Zechariah 13:9I will bring the one–third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them. I will say, ‘This is My people’; And each one will 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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