You have tested my heart;(A)
You have examined me at night.
You have tried me and found nothing evil;(B)
I have determined that my mouth will not sin.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 17:3 Or [evil]; my mouth will not sin

Though you probe my heart,(A)
    though you examine me at night and test me,(B)
you will find that I have planned no evil;(C)
    my mouth has not transgressed.(D)

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All a man’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord evaluates the motives.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:2 Lit Lord weighs the hearts

A person may think their own ways are right,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.(A)

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27 And He who searches the hearts(A) knows the Spirit’s mind-set, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

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27 And he who searches our hearts(A) knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes(B) for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

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