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Psalms 26:1–2

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JUDGE me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide.
Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
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  1. Psalms 28:7Rank 1 from verse 1
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    7The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

  2. Psalms 7:8Rank 2 from verse 1
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    8The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

  3. Proverbs 20:7Rank 3 from verse 1
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    7The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

  4. 1 Samuel 24:15Rank 4 from verse 1
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    15The Lord therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.

  5. 2 Kings 20:3Rank 5 from verse 1
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    3I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

From verse 2

  1. Psalms 139:23–24Rank 1 from verse 2
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    23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

    24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

  2. Psalms 7:9Rank 2 from verse 2
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    9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

  3. Psalms 17:3Rank 3 from verse 2
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    3Thou 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.

  4. Zechariah 13:9Rank 4 from verse 2
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    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: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

  5. Job 13:23Rank 5 from verse 2
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    23How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

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Psalms 26:1

COMBINED MEANING

judge

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Sense 1: A person or authority who hears, discerns, decides, governs, vindicates, condemns, or administers justice. Sense 2: To examine, distinguish, determine, form a verdict, rule, govern, condemn, punish, vindicate, or call to account.

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COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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trusted

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Delivered in confidence to the care of another. Confided in; relied on; depended on; applied to persons.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

slide

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Sense 1: To slip or lose footing. Sense 2: Figuratively, to lose stability or fall from a secure course.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Psalms 26:2

COMBINED MEANING

examine

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To inspect, inquire into, question, test, or scrutinize carefully in order to discover the truth or condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

try

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Sense 1: To examine, test, prove, search, or discern. Sense 2: To refine or prove by fire so that quality is made manifest.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

reins

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Sense 1: The kidneys. Sense 2: Figuratively, the innermost thoughts, affections, or feelings.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

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1JUDGE me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide.

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2Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

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3For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.

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