Psalms 26:10
In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is filled with gifts.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
In Context
9Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with bloody men:
11But as for me, I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy on me.
Cross References
Exodus 23:8Neither shalt thou take bribes, which even blind the wise, and pervert the words of the just.
1 Samuel 8:3And his sons walked not in his ways: but they turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Psalms 11:2Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.
Psalms 52:2when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul David went to the house of Achimelech
Proverbs 1:16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Isaiah 33:15He that walketh in justices, and speaketh truth, that casteth away avarice by oppression, and shaketh his hands from all bribes, that stoppeth his ears lest he hear blood, and shutteth his eyes that he may see no 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 →