The title affirms this to be a psalm of David, and there is no reason
to doubt the correctness of the superscription; but there are no
indications by which we can determine on what occasion it was wri...
This Psalm is the appeal of conscious integrity for recognition and
vindication. The Psalmist calls upon Jehovah to do him justice,
pleading the integrity of his life, and offering himself to the
sear...
XXVI.
A priestly or Levitical psalm (see Psalms 26:6), calm and regular,
composed of twelve verses, each verse a distich. The writer has
nothing to reproach himself with; he can appeal to the strict...
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 26
PSALM OF DAVID. The occasion of this psalm seems to be the quarrel
between Saul and David, the former listening to calumnies and
reproaches cast upon the latter, and persecut...
_A.M. 2987. B.C. 1017._
Theodoret supposes that David composed this Psalm while he was among
the Philistines, or in some other strange country, into which he was,
for some time, forced to flee by the...
It should be considered that this Psalm could never have been written
unless it had been preceded by Psalms 25. It was only once the
question of forgiveness had been settled that the Psalmist could sp...