Psalm 26:2
New International Version
Test me, LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;

New Living Translation
Put me on trial, LORD, and cross-examine me. Test my motives and my heart.

English Standard Version
Prove me, O LORD, and try me; test my heart and my mind.

Berean Standard Bible
Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.

King James Bible
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

New King James Version
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart.

New American Standard Bible
Examine me, LORD, and put me to the test; Refine my mind and my heart.

NASB 1995
Examine me, O LORD, and try me; Test my mind and my heart.

NASB 1977
Examine me, O LORD, and try me; Test my mind and my heart.

Legacy Standard Bible
Test me, O Yahweh, and try me; Refine my mind and my heart.

Amplified Bible
Examine me, O LORD, and try me; Test my heart and my mind.

Christian Standard Bible
Test me, LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Test me, LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.

American Standard Version
Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Prove me, LORD JEHOVAH, and test me, and examine my kidneys and my heart.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify as with fire my reins and my heart.

Contemporary English Version
Test my thoughts and find out what I am like.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.

English Revised Version
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Examine me, O LORD, and test me. Look closely into my heart and mind.

Good News Translation
Examine me and test me, LORD; judge my desires and thoughts.

International Standard Version
Examine me, LORD, and inspect me! Test my heart and mind.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Examine me, O LORD, and try me; Test my reins and my heart.

Literal Standard Version
Try me, O YHWH, and prove me, | My reins and my heart [are] purified,

Majority Standard Bible
Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.

New American Bible
Examine me, Lord, and test me; search my heart and mind.

NET Bible
Examine me, O LORD, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives!

New Revised Standard Version
Prove me, O LORD, and try me; test my heart and mind.

New Heart English Bible
Examine me, LORD, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.

Webster's Bible Translation
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

World English Bible
Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.

Young's Literal Translation
Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified are my reins and my heart.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Vindicate Me, O LORD
1Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. 2Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind. 3For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.…

Cross References
Revelation 2:23
Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.

Psalm 7:9
Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.

Psalm 17:3
You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.

Psalm 66:10
For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.

Psalm 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.

Proverbs 17:3
A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.


Treasury of Scripture

Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

Psalm 7:9
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

Psalm 17:3
Thou 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.

Psalm 66:10
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

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Psalm 26
1. David resorts to God in confidence of his integrity














(2) Try.--Rather, purify, according to the right reading. LXX., try by fire.

Verse 2. - Examine me, O Lord, and prove me. He desires to be examined and proved - tested, as a metal is tested (comp. Psalm 17:3) - that his sincerity may fully appear. Try my reins and my heart; i.e. my emotional and my intellectual natures.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Test me,
בְּחָנֵ֣נִי (bə·ḥā·nê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 974: To test, to investigate

O LORD,
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and try me;
וְנַסֵּ֑נִי (wə·nas·sê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 5254: To test, to attempt

examine
צָרְפָ֖ה (ṣā·rə·p̄āh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6884: To smelt, refine, test

my heart
כִלְיוֹתַ֣י (ḵil·yō·w·ṯay)
Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3629: A kidney, the mind

and mind.
וְלִבִּֽי׃ (wə·lib·bî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre


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