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Psalm 26

Psa. 26:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Examine
bachan (Hebrew #974)
to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
KJV usage: examine, prove, tempt, try (trial).
Pronounce: baw-khan'
Origin: a primitive root
u me, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, and prove
nacah (Hebrew #5254)
to test; by implication, to attempt
KJV usage: adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
me; try
tsaraph (Hebrew #6884)
to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: cast, (re-)fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try.
Pronounce: tsaw-raf'
Origin: a primitive root
v my reins
kilyah (Hebrew #3629)
a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self)
KJV usage: kidneys, reins.
Pronounce: kil-yaw'
Origin: feminine of 3627 (only in the plural)
and my heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
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Psa. 139:23• 23Search me, O God, and know my heart;{HR}Prove me, and know my thoughts; (Psa. 139:23)
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Zech. 13:9• 9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. {i}They shall call on my name, and I will answer them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.{/i} (Zech. 13:9)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 7:9• 9Let now the evil of the wicked come to an end,{HR}But establish thou the righteous [man]:{HR}And one who trieth hearts and reins [art thou], O righteous God. (Psa. 7:9)
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Psa. 17:3• 3Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited [me] by night;{HR}Thou hast refined me; thou shalt find nothing;{HR}I have purposed, my mouth shall not transgress. (Psa. 17:3)
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Psa. 66:10• 10For thou hast proved us, O God,{HR}Thou hast assayed us as silver is assayed. (Psa. 66:10)
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Psa. 139:23‑24• 23Search me, O God, and know my heart;{HR}Prove me, and know my thoughts;
 24And see if a way of grief [be] in me,{HR}And lead me in a way everlasting. (Psa. 139:23‑24)
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Job 13:23• 23How many my iniquities and sins!{HR}My transgression and my sin make me know. (Job 13:23)
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Job 31:4‑6• 4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
 5If I walked with falsehood, and my foot hasted to deceit,
 6(Let him weigh me in a balance of justice,{HR}And let God [Eloah] know mine integrity,) (Job 31:4‑6)
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Jer. 20:12• 12But, Jehovah of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause. (Jer. 20:12)
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Zech. 13:9• 9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. {i}They shall call on my name, and I will answer them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.{/i} (Zech. 13:9)
• Conscious of uprightness of heart, the godly man trusts in the Lord, and invites the Lord to search his thoughts and affections. (“Psalm 26” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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Prove me, O Jehovah, and try me;{HR}Purify my reins and my heart.