Tree of Life Version
Psalms 26:2
2Probe me, Adonai, and test me, refine 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 King James Version (NKJV)Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart.
Context of Psalms 26:2
1Of David. Vindicate me, Adonai, for I have walked in my integrity, and trusted in Adonai without wavering. Probe me, Adonai, and test me, refine my mind and my heart. 3For Your love is before my eyes and I have walked in Your truth. 4I have not sat with men of falsehood, nor do I consort 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 7:9Adonai judges the peoples. Vindicate me, Adonai, according to my righteousness and integrity in me.
- Psalms 17:3You have examined my heart. You searched me at night. Though You test me, You find nothing. I resolved that my mouth will not sin.
- Psalms 66:10For You have tested us, O God— You have purified us, as silver is refined.
- Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart. Examine me, and know my anxious thoughts,
- Job 13:23How many are my iniquities and sins? Show me my transgressions and sin.
- Job 31:4Does He not see my ways and count all my steps?
- Jeremiah 20:12Yet, Adonai–Tzva’ot— testing the righteous, seeing the mind and the heart, let me see Your vengeance on them! For to You have I presented my case.
- Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire. I will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them as gold is tested. They will call on My Name and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will answer, ‘Adonai 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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