Psalm 26:10

10 In whose hands are wicked devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.

Psalm 26:10 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 26:10

In whose hands [is] mischief
Every abominable wickedness; as idolatry, adultery, murder 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 ) .

Psalm 26:10 In-Context

8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place of the tabernacle of thy glory.

9 Gather not my soul with the sinners, nor my life with those who have blood on their hands:

10 In whose hands are wicked devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.

11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity; ransom me and be merciful unto me.

12 I have walked uprightly; in the congregations I will bless the LORD.