Psalm 26:2 “Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.”

Psalm 26:2

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Examine me, LORD, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Proue me, O Lord, and trie mee: examine my reines, and mine heart.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

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Cross references

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

Psalm 7:9 Psalm 17:3 Zechariah 13:9 Job 13:23 Psalm 66:10 Job 31:4–6

Psalm 7:9 · BSB

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

Psalm 17:3 · BSB

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.

Zechariah 13:9 · BSB

This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our G…

Job 13:23 · BSB

How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.

Psalm 66:10 · BSB

For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.

Job 31:4–6 · BSB

Does He not see my ways and count my every step?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

3For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.

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