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href="/bsb/psalms/26.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/psalms/26.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/26.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For I am always aware of your unfailing love, and I have lived according to your truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/26.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/26.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/26.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For thy lovingkindness <i>is</i> before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/26.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For Your lovingkindness <i>is</i> before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For Your goodness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/26.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For Thy lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Thy truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked [faithfully] in Your truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For your faithful love guides me, and I live by your truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For Your faithful love is before my eyes, and I live by Your truth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/26.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes; And I have walked in thy truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/26.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I never forget your kindness, and I am always faithful to you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/26.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes; and I have walked in thy truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I see your mercy in front of me. I walk in the light of your truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/26.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Your constant love is my guide; your faithfulness always leads me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/26.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For your gracious love precedes me, and I continuously walk according to your truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/26.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For I am ever aware of your faithfulness, and your loyalty continually motivates me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For thy loving-kindness is before my eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/26.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For Your kindness [is] before my eyes, "" And I have habitually walked in Your truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For Thy kindness is before mine eyes, And I have walked habitually in Thy truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For thy mercy is before mine eyes, and I walked about in thy truth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For thy mercy is before my eyes; and I am well pleased with thy truth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 25:3>For your mercy is before my eyes, and I am serene in your truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/26.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Your mercy is before my eyes; I walk guided by your faithfulness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in faithfulness to you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For thy lovingkindness is before my eyes, and I have walked in thy faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/26.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because your compassions are before my eyes, I have walked in sweetness.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/26.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For Thy mercy is before mine eyes; And I have walked in Thy truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/26.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For thy mercy is before mine eyes: and I am well pleased with thy truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/26-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=2687" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/26.htm">Vindicate Me, O LORD</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/2617.htm" title="2617: ḥas·də·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty. From chacad; kindness; by implication piety: rarely reproof, or Beauty.">Your loving devotion</a> <a href="/hebrew/5048.htm" title="5048: lə·ne·ḡeḏ (Prep-l) -- From nagad; a front, i.e. Part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually over against or before.">is before</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·nāy (N-cdc:: 1cs) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">my eyes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: wə·hiṯ·hal·laḵ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">and I have walked</a> <a href="/hebrew/571.htm" title="571: ba·’ă·mit·te·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Firmness, faithfulness, truth. Contracted from 'aman; stability; certainty, truth, trustworthiness.">in Your truth.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/25-5.htm">Psalm 25:5</a></span><br />Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/40-10.htm">Psalm 40:10</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/86-11.htm">Psalm 86:11</a></span><br />Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-30.htm">Psalm 119:30</a></span><br />I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-142.htm">Psalm 119:142</a></span><br />Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-3.htm">Proverbs 3:3-4</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/16-6.htm">Proverbs 16:6</a></span><br />By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/38-3.htm">Isaiah 38:3</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-16.htm">Isaiah 42:16</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-24.htm">Jeremiah 9:24</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-31.htm">John 8:31-32</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/17-17.htm">John 17:17</a></span><br />Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4</a></span><br />Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For your loving kindness is before my eyes: and I have walked in your truth.</p><p class="hdg">For</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/52-1.htm">Psalm 52:1</a></b></br> To the chief Musician, Maschil, <i>A Psalm</i> 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 <i>endureth</i> continually.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/85-10.htm">Psalm 85:10-13</a></b></br> Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed <i>each other</i>… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/5-44.htm">Matthew 5:44-48</a></b></br> 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; … </p><p class="hdg">and</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/25-5.htm">Psalm 25:5</a></b></br> Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou <i>art</i> the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/101-2.htm">Psalm 101:2</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/119-142.htm">Psalm 119:142</a></b></br> Thy righteousness <i>is</i> an everlasting righteousness, and thy law <i>is</i> the truth.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/25-15.htm">Continually</a> <a href="/psalms/25-15.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/psalms/26-1.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/psalms/25-10.htm">Faithfulness</a> <a href="/psalms/25-13.htm">Good</a> <a href="/psalms/5-2.htm">Habitually</a> <a href="/psalms/25-10.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/psalms/23-6.htm">Love</a> <a href="/psalms/25-10.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/psalms/25-16.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/psalms/25-10.htm">Steadfast</a> <a href="/psalms/25-10.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/psalms/25-5.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/psalms/26-1.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/psalms/25-12.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/35-27.htm">Continually</a> <a href="/psalms/27-5.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/psalms/27-3.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/psalms/30-9.htm">Faithfulness</a> <a href="/psalms/27-14.htm">Good</a> <a href="/psalms/35-14.htm">Habitually</a> <a href="/psalms/31-7.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/psalms/26-8.htm">Love</a> <a href="/psalms/31-7.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/psalms/26-11.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/psalms/31-7.htm">Steadfast</a> <a href="/psalms/30-9.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/psalms/26-11.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/psalms/35-14.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/psalms/27-11.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 26</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/26-1.htm">David resorts to God in confidence of his integrity</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/26.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/26.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For Your loving devotion is before my eyes</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the psalmist's focus on God's steadfast love, often translated as "lovingkindness" or "mercy" in other versions. The Hebrew word "chesed" conveys a sense of covenantal loyalty and faithfulness. In the context of the Psalms, this reflects a deep, personal relationship with God, where His love is a guiding force. The psalmist's awareness of God's loving devotion suggests a life lived in constant recognition of God's presence and benevolence. This mirrors the covenant relationship God established with Israel, as seen in <a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6-7</a>, where God describes Himself as "abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness." The phrase also foreshadows the New Testament revelation of God's love through Jesus Christ, as seen in <a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a>, where God's love is manifested in the giving of His Son.<p><b>and I have walked in Your truth</b><br>Walking in God's truth implies living a life aligned with His commandments and teachings. The Hebrew concept of "walking" often denotes a way of life or conduct. This phrase suggests a commitment to living according to God's revealed will, as seen in the Torah. The psalmist's declaration of walking in truth indicates a life of integrity and obedience, reminiscent of the call in <a href="/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">Deuteronomy 10:12-13</a> to walk in all God's ways. This commitment to truth is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus declares Himself as "the way, the truth, and the life" (<a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a>), indicating that walking in truth is ultimately fulfilled in following Christ. The psalmist's life of truthfulness can be seen as a type of Christ, who perfectly embodied and fulfilled God's truth.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/26.htm">Psalm 26</a>, David is expressing his confidence in his integrity and his reliance on God's steadfast love and truth.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, whose loving devotion and truth are the focus of David's meditation and life.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/temple_worship.htm">Temple Worship</a></b><br>While not explicitly mentioned in this verse, the context of <a href="/bsb/psalms/26.htm">Psalm 26</a> includes themes of worship and seeking God's presence, likely in the temple.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_loving_devotion.htm">Understanding God's Loving Devotion</a></b><br>God's loving devotion, or "chesed" in Hebrew, is a steadfast, covenantal love that is unwavering and faithful. Recognizing this attribute of God can deepen our trust in Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/walking_in_truth.htm">Walking in Truth</a></b><br>To walk in God's truth means to live a life aligned with His Word and commandments. It involves daily choices that reflect His character and teachings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_focus.htm">The Importance of Focus</a></b><br>Keeping God's loving devotion "before our eyes" suggests a continual focus and meditation on His attributes. This focus can guide our actions and decisions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/integrity_in_our_walk.htm">Integrity in Our Walk</a></b><br>David's confidence in his integrity is rooted in his relationship with God. Our integrity should also stem from our commitment to God's truth and love.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/application_in_daily_life.htm">Application in Daily Life</a></b><br>Practically, this verse encourages us to evaluate our daily walk: Are we living in a way that reflects God's truth and love? Are we keeping His attributes at the forefront of our minds?<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_26.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 26</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_psalm_26_3_contradict_david's_sins.htm">(Psalm 26:3) Does his certainty of always walking in God’s truth contradict biblical accounts of David’s moral failures? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_generosity_affect_relationships.htm">How can you inscribe mercy and truth in your heart?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_align_psalm_57_3_with_science.htm">How can we reconcile the supernatural claim in Psalm 57:3 about God sending help from heaven with a scientific worldview that finds no empirical proof of divine intervention?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/were_adam_and_eve_of_caucasian_descent.htm">Is His Word prioritized over His Name?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/26.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(</span>3<span class= "ital">)</span> <span class= "bld">For thy lovingkindness . . .</span>--God's favour was before him as an encouragement, and God's truth formed the rule of his life.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/26.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes.</span> 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 (<span class="hebrew">חֶסֶד</span>), ever before his eyes - reflects on it, meditates on it, presents it to his thought - continually. <span class="cmt_word">And I have walked in thy truth.</span> Secondly, he walks - he has always walked - in God s truth. God's Law is the truth (<a href="/psalms/119-42.htm">Psalm 119:42</a>); 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/26-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your loving devotion</span><br /><span class="heb">חַ֭סְדְּךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥas·də·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2617.htm">Strong's 2617: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is before</span><br /><span class="heb">לְנֶ֣גֶד</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ne·ḡeḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5048.htm">Strong's 5048: </a> </span><span class="str2">A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my eyes,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵינָ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ê·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - cdc | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I have walked</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝הִתְהַלַּ֗כְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hiṯ·hal·laḵ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Your truth.</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּאֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ba·’ă·mit·te·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_571.htm">Strong's 571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/26-3.htm">Psalm 26:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/26-3.htm">Psalm 26:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/26-3.htm">Psalm 26:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/26-3.htm">Psalm 26:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/26-3.htm">Psalm 26:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/26-3.htm">Psalm 26:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/26-3.htm">Psalm 26:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/26-3.htm">Psalm 26:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/26-3.htm">Psalm 26:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/26-3.htm">Psalm 26:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/26-3.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 26:3 For your loving kindness is before my (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/26-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 26:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 26:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/26-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 26:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 26:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>