Psalms 26:10
In whose hands are wicked devices, and whose right hand is full of bribes.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
In Context
9Take not away with sinners my soul, nor with men of blood my life;
11But as for me, I will walk in my integrity: redeem me, and be gracious unto me.
Cross References
Exodus 23:8And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth the clear-sighted, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
1 Samuel 8:3But his sons walked not in his ways, and they inclined after their own advantage, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
Psalms 11:2For lo, the wicked bend their bow, they arrange their arrow upon the string, to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart.
Psalms 52:2(52:4) Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs, like a sharpened razor, thou worker of deceit.
Proverbs 1:16For their feet run after evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
Isaiah 33:15He that walketh in righteousness, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands against taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears against hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes against looking on 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 →