Psalms 26:1

_JUDGE ME, O LORD; FOR I HAVE WALKED IN MINE INTEGRITY: I HAVE TRUSTED ALSO IN THE LORD; THEREFORE I SHALL NOT SLIDE._ Psalms 26:1.-David's appeal to God for deliverance on the ground of on the ground of his integrity and trust (Psalms 26:1); his heart, if examined, will prove this; his walk in God's truth, shunning the bad; his love to God's house, where he goes in innocency (Psalms 26:2); prayer that his soul may not be gathered with sinners in down, as his walk and theirs are so diverse (Psalms 26:9); confident that his standing is sure, he blesses Yahweh ...

1._Judege me, O Jehovah! _I have just said, that David betakes himself to the judgment of God, because he found neither equity nor humanity among men. The Hebrew word which is rendered to _judge, _signifies to undertake the cognisance of a cause. The meaning here, therefore, is as if David called upon God to be the defender of his right. (567) When God leaves us for a time to the injuries and petulance of our enemies, he seems to neglect our cause; but when he restrains them from assailing us at their pleasure he clearly demonstrates that the defense of our cause is the object of his care. Let us, therefore, learn from the example of David, when we are destitute of man’s aid, to have recourse to the judgment-seat of God, and to rely upon his protection. The clause which follows is variously explained by interpreters. Some read it in connection with the first clause, Judege me, O Jehovah!...

PSALM XXVI _The psalmist appeals to God for his integrity, and desires to_ _be brought to the Divine test in order to have his innocence_ _proved_, 1-3; _shows that he had avoided all fellowship with the wicked, and_ _associated with the upright_, 4-8; _prays that he may not have his final lot with the workers of_ _iniquity_, 9, 10; _purposes to walk uprightly before God_, 11, 12. NOTES ON PSALM XXVI This Psalm, and the two following, are supposed by _Calmet_ to be all parts of one ode, and

JUDGE ME, O LORD - That is, determine in regard to my case whether I am truly thy friend, or whether the evidences of my piety are genuine. The psalmist asks an examination of his own case; he brings the matter before God for Him to decide; he submits the facts in regard to himself to God, so that He may pronounce upon them whether they constitute evidence of real piety. FOR I HAVE WALKED IN MINE INTEGRITY - On the word “walk,” see the notes at Psalms 1:1. The word “integrity” here is the same which is elsewhere rendered “perfection.” See the notes at Job 1:1. Compare Psalms 37:37. See also Ps

EXPOSITION DAVID, about to sacrifice at God's altar, protests his integrity, but still prays for God's protection (Psalms 26:9) and for his redeeming mercy (Psalms 26:11). The psalm has all the notes of David's style, is full of his thoughts and imagery, and is allowed to be his by almost all critics. It must belong to the time following the removal of the ark to Mount Zion, and preceding the committal of the great offence. PSALMS 26:1 JUDGE ME, O LORD; FOR I HAVE WALKED IN MINE INTEGRITY. It seems to Christians a bold act to call on God for judgment, but the saints of the earlier dispensation, having, perhaps, a less keen sense of human imperfection,

JUDGE ME, O LORD,.... Meaning not that God would enter into judgment with him, in respect to the justification of his person in his sight, which he knew was not by his own righteousness and integrity, but by the righteousness of God; but his view is, to the justification of his cause before men; and particularly to the difference between Saul and him; and entreats that God would interpose, take his cause in hand, judge between them, and vindicate him; FOR I HAVE WALKED IN MINE INTEGRITY; or "perfection" o not that he thought himself free from sin; this would be contrary to the complaints, confessions, and petitions frequently made by him; but that in the affair with which he was accused, of seeking Saul's harm, 1 Samuel 24:9; he was quite innocent: by his "integrity" he means the purity of his intentions and designs; the uprightness of his conduct, the simpli

No doubt this Psalm was written by David when his cruel persecutor Saul, the more effectually to stab at him, spread false reports concerning his character. When the wicked can use no other weapons, they always have their quivers full of slanderous reports. Let us learn here that the best of men must expect to be misrepresented, and to have the worst of crimes laid to their charge. Let us learn, also, from the example of David, to carry our case to the highest court at once, not to meddle with the lower courts of earth, but to go at once to the Court of King's Bench in heaven, and there plead our cause before the eternal throne. Psalms 26:1. _Judge me, O LORD;_ As if he turned away from all other judges, bribed and false as they had proved themselves to be in his ease, and put himself on trial before God: «Judge me, O Lord; «-...

TRUSTED (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...

Psalms 26 An Appeal on Account of Righteousness _ 1. Pleading integrity (Psalms 26:1)_ 2. Separated unto the Lord (Psalms 26:6) 3. Be gracious unto Me (Psalms 36:9) Psalms 26:1. The opening verses remind us of the First Psalm and well may we put these words into the lips of the perfect man, who walked in integrity and was separate from sinners. Here we find no confessions of sin, no pleadings for forgiveness, but instead an avowal of conscious uprightness and separation from wicked men as well as love for His house and for the p

XXVI. A persecuted man protests his absolute innocence, his avoidance of unfaithful Jews, his joy in the Temple service. The claim to innocence is repugnant to Christian feeling, scarcely less so than the imprecations upon enemies which occur frequently in other Pss. Men become humble in the Christian sense through the vision of Him in whom there was no sin. PSALMS 26:3. IN THY TRUTH: _i.e._ in the confidence that Thou art faithful. Psalms 26:6. This is the only direct evidence in the Bible for the festal procession round Yahweh's altar. Psalms 26:12. congregations: probably guilds of singers, etc....