Psalms 26:10
8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I 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
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Read in contextExodus 23:8
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Read in context1 Samuel 8:3
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Read in contextPsalms 52:2
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Read in contextMicah 7:3
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Read in contextPsalms 10:14
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Read in contextProverbs 4:16
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Read in contextAmos 5:12
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
Read in context