Psalms 26:7

_THAT I MAY PUBLISH WITH THE VOICE OF THANKSGIVING, AND TELL OF ALL THY WONDROUS WORKS._ That I may ... wondrous works - in having so marvelously delivered me. So Israel made known God's wonders performed in her deliverance at the Red Sea (Exodus 14:1; Exodus 15:1), and shall again do so on the occasion of a still greater and a final deliverance (Isaiah 63:7). He whose heart is so full of God's goodness that his lips cannot but proclaim it, is in the fittest frame for fresh manifestations of God's grace being vouchsafed, which in turn shall call forth fresh praises....

7._That I may make men to hear, etc _In these words, he shows that he referred the sacrifices to their proper use and design, which hypocrites were far from doing. They neither know, nor do they consider, for what purpose God appointed the services of worship, but think it sufficient to thrust themselves into the divine presence with the pomp and form of their dissimulation. David, therefore, wishing to distinguish spiritual worship from that which is fictitious and counterfeit, affirms that he came into the sanctuary to set forth the praise of God’s name. There is, however, a synecdoche in his words, as only one kind of worship is mentioned, although, in offering the sacrifices, the exercise of repentance and faith was required, as well as the giving of thanks. But as the ultimate design of the sacrifices, or at least their principal object was to celebrate the goodness of God in thus a...

Verse Psalms 26:7. _THAT I MAY PUBLISH_] I have endeavoured to act so as always to keep a conscience void of offence towards thee and towards man. I have made a profession of faith in thee, and salvation from thee, and my _practice_ gives no lie to my _profession_....

THAT I MAY PUBLISH WITH THE VOICE OF THANKSGIVING - literally, “that I may cause to be heard;” that is, that I may make known to others. The idea is, that he would make known to others what he had learned from God; or that He would make known to them the delights of His service, and seek to win them to His worship. This he would do with a thankful remembrance of the favors which he had himself enjoyed, or as an expression of his gratitude for the mercies which had been conferred on him. As expressive of his gratitude to God, he would endeavor to win others also to His service. AND TELL OF ALL THY WONDROUS WORKS - The wonderful things which thou hast done - thy works of creation, providence, and salvation. His own mind was deeply impressed with the greatness of God’s works, and he would desire to make the divine actions known as far as possible in the world. Compare...

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,

THAT I MAY PUBLISH WITH THE VOICE OF THANKSGIVING,.... Or "cause to hear with the voice of confession" z: the meaning is, that the view of the psalmist, in compassing the altar of God in the manner he proposed, was not to offer upon it any slain beast; but to offer the sacrifices of praise upon that altar, which sanctifies the gift, and from whence they come with acceptance to God; even for all mercies, both temporal and spiritual, and that with a confession and acknowledgment of sin and unworthiness; all this is agreeable to the will of God; it is well pleasing in his sight, what glorifies him, and is but our reasonable service; AND TELL OF ALL THY WONDROUS WORKS; of creation and providence; and especially of grace and redemption; this is the business of saints in God's house below, and will be their employment in heaven to all eternity. Jarchi on the place says, that this song of prai...

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; «-...

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....

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