Psalms 26:2 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 26:2

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified are my reins and my heart.

DBT

Prove me, Jehovah, and test me; try my reins and my heart:

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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17 verses on the floor

Psalms 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
2 Corinthians 13:5
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Galatians 6:4
But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
Psalms 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.
Psalms 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.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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So sincere was he in his devotion to his God and his loyalty to his prince (in both which he was suspected to be a pretender) that he wished he had a window in his bosom, that whoever would might look into his heart. He solemnly protests his sincerity (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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