Psalms 26:10
8 O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
9 Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.
11 But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
12 My feet stand on level ground; in the congregations I will bless the LORD.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.
- KJV
- In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
- WEB
- in whose hands is wickedness; their right hand is full of bribes.
- ASV
- In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes.
- DARBY
- In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.
- BLB
- in whose hands [is] a scheme, and [whose] right hand is filled [with] a bribe.
- ÅB
- som har onde planer i hendene
og høyre hånd full av bestikkelser! - OTB
- I hvis hender det er onde planer,
Og hvis høyre hånd er full av bestikkelser. - B1930
- som har skam i sine hender og sin høire hånd full av bestikkelse!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 16:19
Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
Read in contextExodus 23:8
Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
Read in context1 Samuel 8:3
But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
Read in contextPsalms 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
Read in contextMicah 7:3
Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
Read in contextPsalms 10:14
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
Read in contextProverbs 4:16
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
Read in contextAmos 5:12
For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
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