Psalms 26:2
Try me, O Yahweh, and prove me, Test my reins and my heart:—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
In Context
Cross References
Job 13:23How many are mine iniquities and sins? My transgression and my sin, let me know!
Psalms 7:9Let the wrong of the lawless, I pray thee, come to an end, and establish thou him that is righteous,—for, a trier of hearts and reins, is God the righteous one.
Psalms 66:10For thou didst prove us, O God, Thou didst refine us, according to the refining of silver:
Jeremiah 20:12But O Yahweh of hosts—Testing the righteous Beholding the affections and the heart,—Let me see thine avenging upon them, For unto thee, have I laid bare 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 →