_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'... [ Continue Reading ]
_EXAMINE ME, O LORD, AND PROVE ME; TRY MY REINS AND MY HEART._ Development (Psalms 26:2) of "I have walked in mine integrity," and "I have trusted in the Lord." Psalms 26:1. His ability to stand the Lord's testing examination (Psalms 26:2); his morality and avoidance of contact with sin and sinners... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THY LOVINGKINDNESS IS BEFORE MINE EYES: AND I HAVE WALKED IN THY TRUTH._ Before mine eyes - rather understand, '(has been) before mine eyes,' as the spring of my outward aversion from sin and sinners (Psalms 26:4). WALKED IN THY TRUTH - I have, in my whole walk, rested in THY truth - i:e., t... [ Continue Reading ]
_I HAVE NOT SAT WITH VAIN PERSONS, NEITHER WILL I GO IN WITH DISSEMBLERS._ Vain persons - i:e., deceitful persons. He who keeps before his eyes the "truth" of God (Psalms 26:3) cannot have pleasure in untruth. NEITHER WILL I GO - into the same meeting or association (Genesis 49:6).... [ Continue Reading ]
_I HAVE HATED THE CONGREGATION OF EVIL DOERS; AND WILL NOT SIT WITH THE WICKED._ Congregation of evil-doers - i:e., their meetings for mischief. What God forbids is not all intercourse with them, which is unavoidable, but association with them in evil (1 Corinthians 5:9; 2 Corinthians 6:14).... [ Continue Reading ]
_I WILL WASH MINE HANDS IN INNOCENCY: SO WILL I COMPASS THINE ALTAR, O LORD:_ Wash ... hands - in allusion to Deuteronomy 21:6, where is described the custom of washing the hands over a slain heifer, with a protestation of innocence in the case of an uncertain murder. So Pilate used this symbolical... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 occ... [ Continue Reading ]
_LORD, I HAVE LOVED THE HABITATION OF THY HOUSE, AND THE PLACE WHERE THINE HONOUR DWELLETH._ I have loved. He ends this first part (Psalms 26:2) with love to God, as he began it (Psalms 26:3; Psalms 27:4). THE PLACE ... HONOUR DWELLETH - the tabernacle where the Shechinah cloud of 'glory' was mani... [ Continue Reading ]
_GATHER NOT MY SOUL WITH SINNERS, NOR MY LIFE WITH BLOODY MEN:_ Second part of the main body. As the former part expanded, 'I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted in the Lord,' so this second part expands. 'Judge me, O Lord ... let me not slide (Psalms 26:1). GATHER ... SINNERS - involve... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN WHOSE HANDS IS MISCHIEF, AND THEIR RIGHT HAND IS FULL OF BRIBES._ In whose hands, х_ ZIMAAH_ (H2154)] - literally, 'thought (of evil)'; scheming evil (Psalms 7:3). BRIBES - (Psalms 15:5.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT AS FOR ME, I WILL WALK IN MINE INTEGRITY: REDEEM ME, AND BE MERCIFUL UNTO ME._ Walk in mine integrity - resuming the theme, Psalms 26:1. His rectitude stands in contrast to the "mischief" and "bribes" of the "sinners" (Psalms 26:9). REDEEM ... MERCIFUL. Prayer for redemption and mercy must b... [ Continue Reading ]
_MY FOOT STANDETH IN AN EVEN PLACE: IN THE CONGREGATIONS WILL I BLESS THE LORD._ My foot ... even place - not in a slippery place. By faith he already sees the answer to his prayer (Psalms 26:1), 'let me not slide,' note (Isaiah 40:4; Isaiah 42:16; Psalms 27:11, margin, 'a way of plainness; 143:10)... [ Continue Reading ]