Psalms 26:10
For my father and my mother have left me behind, but the Lord has taken me up.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
In Context
11O Lord, establish a law for me in your way, and direct me in the right path, because of my enemies.
Cross References
Exodus 23:8Neither shall you accept bribes, which blind even the prudent and subvert the words of the just.
1 Samuel 8:3But his sons did not walk in his ways. Instead, they turned aside, pursuing avarice. And they accepted bribes, and they perverted judgment.
Psalms 11:2Save me, O Lord, because holiness has passed away, because truths have been diminished, before the sons of men.
Psalms 52:2They were corrupted, and they became abominable with iniquities. There is no one who does good.
Proverbs 1:16For their feet rush to evil, and they hurry to shed blood.
Isaiah 33:15The one who walks in justice and speaks the truth, who casts out avarice with oppression and shakes all bribes from his hands, who blocks his ears so that he may not listen to blood, and closes his eyes so that he may not see evil.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 26:7-12
Delight in Divine Ordinances. 6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord : 7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. 8 Lord , I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: 10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. 11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. 12 My… Read the whole commentary →