Psalms 26:3
For Thy kindness [is] before mine eyes, And I have walked habitually in Thy truth.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
In Context
2Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified [are] my reins and my heart.
4I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not.
Cross References
2 Kings 20:3'I pray Thee, O Jehovah, remember, I pray Thee, how I have walked habitually before Thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and that which [is] good in Thine eyes I have done;' and Hezekiah weepeth — a great weeping.
Psalms 52:1To the Overseer. — An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, 'David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God [is] all the day.
Psalms 86:11Show me, O Jehovah, Thy way, I walk in Thy truth, My heart doth rejoice to fear Thy name.
Psalms 119:142Thy righteousness [is] righteousness to the age, And Thy law [is] truth.
Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, 'That there is no dawn to it.'
Luke 6:36be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.
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 →