Psalms 26:2

Try me, O Lord, and prove me; purify my reins and my heart.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

In Context

1“Of David.” Judge me, O Lord; for I have indeed walked in my integrity: and in the Lord have I trusted; I shall not slip.

3For thy kindness is before my eyes; and I have walked in thy truth.

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Cross References

Job 13:23How many are my iniquities and sins? my transgression and my sin let me know.

Psalms 7:9(7:10) Oh let the evil of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just, O thou, who triest the hearts and reins, O righteous God.

Psalms 66:10For thou hast proved us, O God: thou hast refined us, as silver is refined.

Jeremiah 20:12But, O Lord of hosts, that probest the righteous, seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I laid open my cause.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 26:2-6

Devout Appeals. 1 Judge me, O Lord ; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord ; therefore I shall not slide. 2 Examine me, O Lord , and prove me; try my reins and my heart. 3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. 4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. 5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. It is probable that David penned this psalm when he was persecuted by Saul and his… Read the whole commentary →

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