Text -- Psalms 26:10-12 (NET)

26:10 who are always ready to do wrong or offer a bribe. 26:11 But I have integrity! Rescue me and have mercy on me! 26:12 I am safe, and among the worshipers I will praise the Lord.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 26:10

¹ tn Heb “who [have] in their hands evil.”

² tn Heb “and their right hand is full of a bribe.”

NET Notes: Psa 26:11

¹ tn Heb “and I in my integrity walk.” The psalmist uses the imperfect verbal form to emphasize this is his practice. The construction at the beginning of the verse (conjunction + pronoun) highlights the contrast between the psalmist and the sinners mentioned in vv. 9-10.

² tn Or “redeem me.”

NET Notes: Psa 26:12

¹ tn Heb “my foot stands in a level place.”