Psalm 26:10
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New International Version (©2011)
in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Their hands are dirty with evil schemes, and they constantly take bribes.

English Standard Version (©2001)
in whose hands are evil devices, and whose right hands are full of bribes.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
In whose hands is a wicked scheme, And whose right hand is full of bribes.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
in whose hands are evil schemes and whose right hands are filled with bribes.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Their hands are filled with wicked schemes, and their right hands with bribes.

NET Bible (©2006)
who are always ready to do wrong or offer a bribe.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
In whose hands is deceit and their right hand is full of bribes.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Evil schemes are in their hands. Their right hands are full of bribes.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

American King James Version
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

American Standard Version
In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is filled with gifts.

Darby Bible Translation
In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.

English Revised Version
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

Webster's Bible Translation
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

World English Bible
in whose hands is wickedness, their right hand is full of bribes.

Young's Literal Translation
In whose hand is a wicked device, And their right hand is full of bribes.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

26:9 David, in this psalm, appeals to God touching his integrity. - David here, by the Spirit of prophecy, speaks of himself as a type of Christ, of whom what he here says of his spotless innocence was fully and eminently true, and of Christ only, and to Him we may apply it. We are complete in him. The man that walks in his integrity, yet trusting wholly in the grace of God, is in a state of acceptance, according to the covenant of which Jesus was the Mediator, in virtue of his spotless obedience even unto death. This man desires to have his inmost soul searched and proved by the Lord. He is aware of the deceitfulness of his own heart; he desires to detect and mortify every sin; and he longs to be satisfied of his being a true believer, and to practise the holy commands of God. Great care to avoid bad company, is both a good evidence of our integrity, and a good means to keep us in it. Hypocrites and dissemblers may be found attending on God's ordinances; but it is a good sign of sincerity, if we attend upon them, as the psalmist here tells us he did, in the exercise of repentance and conscientious obedience. He feels his ground firm under him; and, as he delights in blessing the Lord with his congregations on earth, he trusts that shortly he shall join the great assembly in heaven, in singing praises to God and to the Lamb for evermore.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 10. - In whose hands is mischief; i.e. who are always occupied with some mischief or other - always engaged in carrying out wicked devices (see Proverbs 12:2; Proverbs 14:17). And their right hand is full of bribes. Which they have taken to condemn the innocent (comp. Psalm 15:5; Isaiah 1:23; Jeremiah 22:17, Ezekiel 22:12; Hosea 4:10; Micah 3:11, etc.).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

In whose hands is mischief,.... Every abominable wickedness; as idolatry, adultery, murder, &c. the word signifies and is sometimes used for mischief conceived in the mind, artificially devised and contrived there; here mischief committed, the hand being the instrument of action, and intends whatever is prejudicial to the person, character, and properties of men;

and their right hand is full of bribes; whereby the eyes of judges are blinded, the words of the righteous perverted, men's persons respected, and judgment wrested, Deuteronomy 16:19.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

10. Their whole conduct is that of violence and fraud.

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Vindicate Me, O Lord
…9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: 10In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. 11But as for me, I will walk in my integrity: redeem me, and be merciful to me.

Psalm 15:5 who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.
Psalm 37:7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.