Passage

Psalms 26.3

Book: Psalms · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (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)

"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)

"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)

"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

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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.

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Quoted in

H0571 - emet

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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
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.

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