Psalms

Psalm 26:3–6

³For Your loving devotion is before my eyes,

and I have walked in Your truth.

⁴I do not sit with deceitful men,

nor keep company with hypocrites.

⁵I hate the mob of evildoers,

and refuse to sit with the wicked.

⁶I wash my hands in innocence

that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
Your loving devotion	חַ֭סְדְּךָ	ḥas·də·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2617 goodness, kindness
is before	לְנֶ֣גֶד	lə·ne·ḡeḏ	Preposition-l	H5048 what is conspicuous or in front
my eyes	עֵינָ֑י	‘ê·nāy	Noun - cdc; first person common singular	H5869 eye
and I have walked	וְ֝הִתְהַלַּ֗כְתִּי	wə·hiṯ·hal·laḵ·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H1980 go, come, walk
in Your truth	בַּאֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃	ba·’ă·mit·te·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H571 firmness, faithfulness, truth

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I do not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
sit	יָ֭שַׁבְתִּי	yā·šaḇ·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
with	עִם־	‘im-	Preposition	H5973 with
deceitful	שָׁ֑וְא	šāw	Noun - masculine singular	H7723 emptiness, vanity
men	מְתֵי־	mə·ṯê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H4962 male, man
nor	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
keep company	אָבֽוֹא׃	’ā·ḇō·w	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
with	וְעִ֥ם	wə·‘im	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5973 with
hypocrites	נַ֝עֲלָמִ֗ים	na·‘ă·lā·mîm	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural	H5956 conceal

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I hate	שָׂ֭נֵאתִי	śā·nēʾ·t̲î	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H8130 hate
the mob	קְהַ֣ל	qə·hal	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6951 assembly, convocation, congregation
of evildoers	מְרֵעִ֑ים	mə·rê·‘îm	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural	H7489 be evil, bad
and refuse	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
to sit	אֵשֵֽׁב׃	’ê·šêḇ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
with	וְעִם־	wə·‘im-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5973 with
the wicked	רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים	rə·šā·‘îm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7563 wicked, criminal

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I wash	אֶרְחַ֣ץ	’er·ḥaṣ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7364 wash, wash off, away, bathe
my hands	כַּפָּ֑י	kap·pāy	Noun - feminine dual construct; first person common singular	H3709 hollow, or flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, pan
in innocence	בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן	bə·niq·qā·yō·wn	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H5356 innocency
that I may go about	וַאֲסֹבְבָ֖ה	wa·’ă·sō·ḇə·ḇāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H5437 turn about, go around, surround
Your altar	מִזְבַּחֲךָ֣	miz·ba·ḥă·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H4196 altar
O LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh