KJV King James Version
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 26:2
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
WEB World English Bible
Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.
ASV American Standard Version
Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified are my reins and my heart.
Surrounding context — Psalm 26
1 [A Psalm] of David. 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.
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Psalm 139:23-24Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:Psalm 7:9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.Psalm 17:3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] in the night; thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I am purposed [that] my mouth shall not transgress.Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It [is] my people: and they shall say, The LORD [is] my God.Job 13:23How many [are] mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.Job 31:4-6Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?Jeremiah 20:12But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, [and] seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.Psalm 66:10For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
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