Psalm 17:3 {16:3}
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Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.

proved

Psalm 11:5 The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine the sons of men.

Psalm 26:2 Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.

Psalm 66:10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us by fire, as silver is tried.

Psalm 139:1 Unto the end, a psalm of David. Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:

Job 23:10 But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:

Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined: and I will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: Thou art my people: and they shall say: The Lord is my God.

Malachi 3:2 And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller's herb:

1 Corinthians 4:4 For I am not conscious to myself of anything. Yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

thou hast

Psalm 16:7 I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding: moreover, my reins also have corrected me even till night.

Job 24:14 The murderer riseth at the very break of day, he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as a thief.

Hosea 7:6 Because they have applied their heart like an oven, when he laid snares for them: he slept all the night baking them, in the morning he himself was heated as a flaming fire.

Micah 2:1 Make thee bald, and be polled for thy delicate children: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle: for they are carried into captivity from thee.

Acts 16:9 And a vision was shewed to Paul in the night, which was a man of Macedonia standing and beseeching him and saying: Pass over into Macedonia and help us.

Acts 18:9,10 And the Lord said to Paul in the night, by a vision: Do not fear, but speak. And hold not thy peace, . . .

shalt

Psalm 7:4 If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies.

Psalm 44:17-21 At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me: at the face of the enemy and persecutor. . . .

1 Samuel 24:10,12 Behold this day thy eyes have seen, that the Lord hath delivered thee into my hand, in the cave, and I had a thought to kill thee, but my eye hath spared thee. For I said: I will not put out my hand against my lord, because he is the Lord's anointed. . . .

1 Samuel 26:11,23 The Lord be merciful unto me, and keep me that I never put forth my hand against the Lord's anointed. But now take the spear which is at his head, and the cup of water, and let us go. . . .

2 Corinthians 1:12 For our glory is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity of heart and sincerity of God, and not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have conversed in this world: and more abundantly towards you.

I am

Psalm 39:1 Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle of David. [2] I said: I will take heed to my ways: that I sin not with my tongue. I have set a guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me.

Psalm 119:106 I have sworn and am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice.

Proverbs 13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his soul: but he that hath no guard on his speech shall meet with evils.

Acts 11:23 Who, when he was come and had seen the grace of God, rejoiced. And he exhorted them all with purpose of heart to continue in the Lord.

James 3:2 For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. He is able also with a bridle to lead about the whole body.

Context
Hear My Righteous Plea
2Let my judgment come forth from thy countenance: let thy eyes behold the things that are equitable. 3Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.4That my mouth may not speak the works of men: for the sake of the words of thy lips, I have kept hard ways.…
Cross References
1 Peter 1:7
That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

Job 23:10
But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:

Psalm 26:1
Unto the end, a psalm for David. Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall not be weakened.

Psalm 26:2
Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.

Psalm 39:1
Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle of David. [2] I said: I will take heed to my ways: that I sin not with my tongue. I have set a guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me.

Psalm 66:10
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us by fire, as silver is tried.

Psalm 139:1
Unto the end, a psalm of David. Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:

Jeremiah 20:12
And thou, O Lord of hosts, prover of the just, who seest the reins and the heart: let me see, I beseech thee, thy vengeance on them: for to thee I have laid open my cause.

Jeremiah 50:20
In those days, and at that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none: and the sin of Juda, and there shall none be found: for I will be merciful to them, whom I shall leave.

Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined: and I will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: Thou art my people: and they shall say: The Lord is my God.

Lexicon
You have tried
בָּ֘חַ֤נְתָּ (bā·ḥan·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 974: To test, to investigate

my heart;
לִבִּ֨י ׀ (lib·bî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

You have visited
פָּ֘קַ֤דְתָּ (pā·qaḏ·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit

[me] in the night.
לַּ֗יְלָה (lay·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3915: A twist, night, adversity

You have tested me
צְרַפְתַּ֥נִי (ṣə·rap̄·ta·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6884: To smelt, refine, test

and found
תִּמְצָ֑א (tim·ṣā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

no [evil];
בַל־ (ḇal-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 1077: A failure, nothing, not at all, lest

I have resolved
זַ֝מֹּתִ֗י (zam·mō·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2161: To consider, purpose, devise

not
בַּל־ (bal-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 1077: A failure, nothing, not at all, lest

to sin
יַעֲבָר־ (ya·‘ă·ḇār-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

with my mouth.
פִּֽי׃ (pî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to


Additional Translations
You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Thou has proved mine heart; thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me as with fire, and unrighteousness has not been found in me: I am purposed that my mouth shall not speak amiss.

Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word.

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.

Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.
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