# Psalms 26.3 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 1. A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering. 2. Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind. > > **3. For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes; And I have walked in thy truth.** > > 4. I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers. 5. I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked. (Psalms 26:1-5, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 1. By David. Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering. 2. Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind. > > **3. For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth.** > > 4. I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites. 5. I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked. (Psalms 26:1-5, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 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. (Psalms 26:1-5, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 1. By David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not. 2. Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified [are] my reins and my heart. > > **3. For Thy kindness [is] before mine eyes, And I have walked habitually in Thy truth.** > > 4. I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not. 5. I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not. (Psalms 26:1-5, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Lexicon:** - [H0571 - emet](/codex/h0571-emet/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.