Psalm 17:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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.

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

King James Bible
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] in the night; thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I am purposed [that] my mouth shall not transgress.

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

my heart;
לִבִּ֨י ׀ (lib·bî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 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 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit

[me] in the night.
לַּ֗יְלָה (lay·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 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 6884: To smelt, refine, test

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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