Psalms 26:2
Examine me, O LORD! and prove me; Try my reins and my heart!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
In Context
3For thy kindness is ever before my eyes, And I walk in thy truth.
Cross References
Job 13:23How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me to know my faults and transgressions.
Psalms 7:9Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked be at an end; But establish the righteous! For the righteous God trieth the heart and the reins.
Psalms 66:10Thou hast, indeed, proved us, O God! Thou hast tried us as silver is tried.
Jeremiah 20:12O Jehovah of hosts, thou that provest the righteous, That seest the reins and the heart, Let me see thy vengeance on them, For to 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 →