Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

You have tried my heart;
You have visited me by night;
You have tested me and You find nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

King James Version

Thou 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.

Holman Bible

You have tested my heart;
You have examined me at night.
You have tried me and found nothing evil;
I have determined that my mouth will not sin.

International Standard Version

When you probe my heart, and examine me at night; when you refine me, you will find nothing wrong, for I have determined that I will not transgress with my mouth.

A Conservative Version

Thou have proved my heart. Thou have visited me in the night. Thou have tried me, and find nothing. I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

American Standard Version

Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Amplified


You have tried my heart;
You have visited me in the night;
You have tested me and You find nothing [evil in me];
I intend that my mouth will not transgress.

Darby Translation

Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou didst try my heart; thou didst review the night; thou didst refine me, thou wilt find nothing: I purposed, my mouth shall not pass by.

King James 2000

You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tested me, and shall find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You have tried my heart; you have examined [me] by night; you have tested me; you found nothing. I have decided [that] my mouth will not transgress.

Modern King James verseion

You have proved my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me, and You will find nothing; my thoughts do not pass beyond my mouth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night season; thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wickedness in me, for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend.

NET Bible

You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.

New Heart English Bible

You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.

The Emphasized Bible

Thou hast tested my heart, hast made inspection by night, hast refined me until thou couldst find nothing, Had I devised evil, my mouth should not have transgressed:

Webster

Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

World English Bible

You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.

Youngs Literal Translation

Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.

References

Fausets

Watsons

Context Readings

In The Shadow Of Your Wings

2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold uprightness. 3 You have tried my heart;
You have visited me by night;
You have tested me and You find nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have observed the ways of the violent.


Cross References

Job 23:10

But he has known the way that I take; he has tried me, and I have come forth as gold.

Psalm 26:2

Examine me, O LORD and prove me; melt my kidneys and my heart.

Psalm 39:1

I said, I will take heed to my ways that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bit while the wicked is against me.

Psalm 66:10

For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast refined us as silver is refined.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will put the third part into the fire and will refine them as silver is refined and will try them as gold is tried; He shall call on my name, and I will hear him; I will say, My people, and he shall say, The LORD is my God.

1 Peter 1:7

that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold (which perishes, nevertheless it is tried with fire), might be found unto praise and glory and honour when Jesus, the Christ, is made manifest;

Psalm 16:7

I will bless the LORD, who gives me counsel: my kidneys also instruct me in the night seasons.

Psalm 139:1

O LORD, thou hast searched me and known me.

Malachi 3:2

But who may abide the time of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he shall be like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap:

1 Samuel 24:10

Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee today into my hand in the cave, and some bade me kill thee, but I forgave thee, and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD's anointed.

1 Samuel 24:12

The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee, but my hand shall not be upon thee.

1 Samuel 26:11

the LORD forbid that I should stretch forth my hand against the LORD's anointed; but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his head and the cruse of water and let us go.

1 Samuel 26:23

The LORD render to each one his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the LORD delivered thee into my hand today, but I would not stretch forth my hand against the LORD's anointed.

Job 24:14

The murderer rises with the light, kills the poor and the needy, and in the night is as a thief.

Psalm 7:4

if I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me, then let my persecutor escape without retribution.

Psalm 11:5

The LORD tries the righteous, but the wicked and he that loves violence his soul hates.

Psalm 44:17-21

All this is come upon us; yet we have not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

Psalm 119:106

I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep the judgments of thy righteousness.

Proverbs 13:3

He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens his lips often shall have calamity.

Jeremiah 50:20

In those days, and in that time, said the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon those whom I shall have left.

Hosea 7:6

For they have made ready their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; their baker sleeps all night; in the morning it burns as a flaming fire.

Micah 2:1

Woe unto those that devise iniquity and fabricate evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they put it into effect because they have power in their hands.

Acts 11:23

Who, when he came and had seen the grace of God, was glad and exhorted them all to remain in their purpose of heart in the Lord.

Acts 16:9

And a vision was shown to Paul in the night: There stood a man of Macedonia, asking him, saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us.

Acts 18:9-10

Then the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent,

1 Corinthians 4:4

For although I have nothing on my conscience, yet am I not hereby justified, but he that judges me is the Lord.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with carnal wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world and more abundantly towards you.

James 3:2

For we all offend in many things. If any man offends not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to govern the whole body with restraint.

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