Psalm 26:3
New International Version
for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.

New Living Translation
For I am always aware of your unfailing love, and I have lived according to your truth.

English Standard Version
For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness.

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

King James Bible
For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.

New King James Version
For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth.

New American Standard Bible
For Your goodness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth.

NASB 1995
For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth.

NASB 1977
For Thy lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Thy truth.

Legacy Standard Bible
For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth.

Amplified Bible
For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked [faithfully] in Your truth.

Christian Standard Bible
For your faithful love guides me, and I live by your truth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For Your faithful love is before my eyes, and I live by Your truth.

American Standard Version
For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes; And I have walked in thy truth.

Contemporary English Version
I never forget your kindness, and I am always faithful to you.

English Revised Version
For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes; and I have walked in thy truth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I see your mercy in front of me. I walk in the light of your truth.

Good News Translation
Your constant love is my guide; your faithfulness always leads me.

International Standard Version
For your gracious love precedes me, and I continuously walk according to your truth.

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

NET Bible
For I am ever aware of your faithfulness, and your loyalty continually motivates me.

New Heart English Bible
For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth.

Webster's Bible Translation
For thy loving-kindness is before my eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.

World English Bible
For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For Your kindness [is] before my eyes, "" And I have habitually walked in Your truth.

Young's Literal Translation
For Thy kindness is before mine eyes, And I have walked habitually in Thy truth.

Smith's Literal Translation
For thy mercy is before mine eyes, and I walked about in thy truth.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For thy mercy is before my eyes; and I am well pleased with thy truth.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For your mercy is before my eyes, and I am serene in your truth.

New American Bible
Your mercy is before my eyes; I walk guided by your faithfulness.

New Revised Standard Version
For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in faithfulness to you.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
For thy lovingkindness is before my eyes, and I have walked in thy faith.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because your compassions are before my eyes, I have walked in sweetness.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
For Thy mercy is before mine eyes; And I have walked in Thy truth.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For thy mercy is before mine eyes: and I am well pleased with thy truth.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Vindicate Me, O LORD
2Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind. 3For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth. 4I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.…

Cross References
Psalm 25:5
Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

Psalm 40:10
I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.

Psalm 86:11
Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.

Psalm 119:30
I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.

Psalm 119:142
Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.

Proverbs 3:3-4
Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. / Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.

Proverbs 16:6
By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.

Isaiah 38:3
saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Isaiah 42:16
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.

Jeremiah 9:24
But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 31:3
The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.

John 8:31-32
So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. / Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

John 17:17
Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

Romans 2:4
Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?


Treasury of Scripture

For your loving kindness is before my eyes: and I have walked in your truth.

For

Psalm 52:1
To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

Psalm 85:10-13
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other

Matthew 5:44-48
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; …

and

Psalm 25:5
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

Psalm 101:2
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Psalm 119:142
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

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Psalm 26
1. David resorts to God in confidence of his integrity














For Your loving devotion
The phrase "For Your loving devotion" in Psalm 26:3 highlights the Hebrew word "chesed," which is often translated as "lovingkindness" or "steadfast love." This term is rich in meaning, encompassing God's covenantal faithfulness and mercy. In the context of ancient Israel, "chesed" was a foundational concept, reflecting God's unwavering commitment to His people. It is a love that is not based on human merit but on God's character and promises. This steadfast love is a source of comfort and assurance for believers, reminding them of God's unchanging nature and His eternal commitment to His covenant.

is before my eyes
The phrase "is before my eyes" suggests a continual focus and awareness. In Hebrew culture, the eyes were often seen as the gateway to the soul, and what one focused on was of utmost importance. To have God's loving devotion "before my eyes" implies a deliberate and constant meditation on His faithfulness and mercy. It suggests that the psalmist is intentionally setting his mind and heart on God's character, allowing it to guide his thoughts and actions. This focus is a spiritual discipline, encouraging believers to keep God's truths at the forefront of their lives, influencing their decisions and perspectives.

and I have walked in Your truth
The phrase "and I have walked in Your truth" emphasizes a life lived in accordance with God's word and commandments. The Hebrew word for "truth" here is "emet," which conveys reliability, faithfulness, and stability. Walking in God's truth implies a lifestyle that aligns with His teachings and principles. In the historical context of the psalm, this would mean adhering to the Torah and living a life that reflects God's righteousness. For contemporary believers, it is a call to live out the teachings of Scripture, embodying the truth of the Gospel in daily life. This walk is not merely about external compliance but an internal transformation that results in a life of integrity and faithfulness to God.

(3) For thy lovingkindness . . .--God's favour was before him as an encouragement, and God's truth formed the rule of his life.

Verse 3. - For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes. The psalmist now enters upon an enumeration of the points of conduct on which his confidence in his integrity rests. They are six - three positive and three negative. First of all, he keeps God's loving-kindness, or mercy (חֶסֶד), ever before his eyes - reflects on it, meditates on it, presents it to his thought - continually. And I have walked in thy truth. Secondly, he walks - he has always walked - in God s truth. God's Law is the truth (Psalm 119:42); and walking in God's truth is walking in the Law which he has given to men; as Hitzig, Maurer, and others have seen. Hengstenberg's exposition, "I have constantly thought upon thy faithfulness," cannot be admitted.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

Your loving devotion
חַ֭סְדְּךָ (ḥas·də·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

is before
לְנֶ֣גֶד (lə·ne·ḡeḏ)
Preposition-l
Strong's 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before

my eyes,
עֵינָ֑י (‘ê·nāy)
Noun - cdc | first person common singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

and I have walked
וְ֝הִתְהַלַּ֗כְתִּי (wə·hiṯ·hal·laḵ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

in Your truth.
בַּאֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃ (ba·’ă·mit·te·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 571: Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness


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