Psalms 26:2
Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
In Context
3For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.
Cross References
Job 13:23How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
Psalms 7:9Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
Psalms 66:10For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
Jeremiah 20:12O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed 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 →