Proverbia 26:3

Nova Vulgata

Quoniam misericordia tua ante oculos meos est, et ambulavi in veritate tua.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Cui dedisti consilium ? forsitan illi qui non habet sapientiam, et prudentiam tuam ostendisti plurimam.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Si consistant adversum me castra, non timebit cor meum;
si exsurgat adversum me pr�lium, in hoc ego sperabo.

Bible Verse Review
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For: Psalms 52:1, Psalms 85:10-13, Matthew 5:44-48, Luke 6:36, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Corinthians 5:14, 2 Corinthians 5:15, 2 Corinthians 8:9, Ephesians 4:32, Ephesians 5:1, Ephesians 5:2, Colossians 3:12, Colossians 3:13, 1 John 4:7-12, 1 John 4:19-21, 3 John 1:11

and: Psalms 25:5, Psalms 101:2, Psalms 119:142, 2 Kings 20:3, Isaiah 2:5, Isaiah 8:20, John 14:6, Ephesians 4:20-25, 1 John 1:7, 2 John 1:4, 3 John 1:3, 3 John 1:4

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 6:16 - to walk Psalms 48:9 - thought Psalms 86:11 - I will Jeremiah 20:12 - that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For thy lovingkindness [is] before mine eyes,.... The special lovingkindness of God, shown in the choice of him in Christ, in the provision of a Saviour for him, and in the effectual calling of him; which lovingkindness is unmerited, free, and sovereign, is from everlasting and to everlasting; it is better than life, excellent beyond expression, and marvellous: and this may be said to be "before [his] eyes"; because it was now in sight; he had a comfortable view of interest in it, and was persuaded nothing should separate him from it; it was upon his heart, shed abroad in it, and he was affected with it; it was in his mind, and in his thoughts, and they were employed about it; he had it in remembrance, and was comfortably refreshed with it: and this he mentions as the reason of his laying his cause before the Lord, as the ground of his trust in him, and why he desired to be examined, proved, and tried by him;

and I have walked in thy truth; by faith in Christ, who is the truth of all promises, prophecies, types, and figures; in the word of truth, by abiding by it, and walking according to it; and in the truth of worship, in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord; and to walk herein he used himself to, and was constant in, as the word s signifies: and nothing more engages to walk on in Christ, as he has been received and to walk as becomes his Gospel, and in all holy conversation and godliness, than the love of God manifested to the soul; this being set continually before our eyes encourages faith and hope, and influences a holy life and cheerful obedience to the will of God.

s התהלכתי "ambulavi indesinenter et sedulo", Gejerus; so Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes - Thy favor or friendship is constantly before me, in the sense that it is the object of my desire. I wish to secure it; I long to know whether I have sufficient evidence that it is mine. This is a reason why he desires that God would search him. The favor or the friendship of God was an object of intense desire with him. He had evidence upon which he relied, and which seemed to him to be satisfactory, that God was his friend. But the object was so great, the matter was so important, the danger of self-deception was so imminent, that he did not dare to trust his own judgment, and he prayed that God would search him. The thought here is, that it was a steady purpose of his life to secure the favor of God. His eye was never turned from this. It was always before Him.

And I have walked in thy truth - I have embraced the truth; I have regulated my life by the truth. This is the first thing to which he refers. He was certain that this had been his aim. Compare the notes at 3 John 1:4. See also 2 Kings 20:3. One of the first characteristics of piety is a desire to know what is true, and to live in accordance with the truth. The psalmist was conscious that he had “arrived” at this, and that he had endeavored to make it a ruling principle in his conduct. Whether he had done this, or whether he had deceived himself in the matter, was what he now wished to submit to the all-searching eye of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 26:3. For thy loving-kindness — A sense of thy favour and approbation was more to my heart than thrones and sceptres; and in order to retain this blessing, I have walked in thy truth.