Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Psalms 26:7
Publish, etc.] RV 'make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard.'
8. Honour] RV 'glory,' God's manifested Presence, associated with the ark and the mercy seat.
Publish, etc.] RV 'make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard.'
8. Honour] RV 'glory,' God's manifested Presence, associated with the ark and the mercy seat.
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 salvat...
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 lea...
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 ...
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...
TELL OF. recount....
_That_I _may publish with the voice of thanksgiving_ Better, as R.V., that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard. _thy wondrous works_ Or, _marvellous works_. See note on Psalms 9:1....
The proof of his integrity in his conduct in the past, and his purpose for the future....
PSALMS 26 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE An Ideal Levite's Prayer for Vindication by the Prolongation of his Life. ANALYSIS An introductory Petition, ver. la, is sustained by six stanzas of protestations and pr...
_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 perf...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
THAT I MAY... — Literally, _to make to hear the voice of praise. _...
לַ֭ שְׁמִעַ בְּ קֹ֣ול תֹּודָ֑ה וּ֝ לְ
Psalms 26:1 THE image of "the way" which is characteristic of Psalms 25:1 reappears in a modified form in this psalm, which speaks of "walking in integrity" and truth and of "feet standing in an even...
A DECLARATION OF LOYALTY TO GOD Psalms 26:1 In some respects this psalm resembles the previous one, only, instead of entreaties for forgiveness, there are protestations of innocence. It may have been...
The central word of the song may be said to be, “So will I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah” (v.. Psa 26:6). On either side conditions of worship are described. First the conditions of personal life nec...
_To thee, is understood in Hebrew and the Roman Septuagint. (Haydock)_...
Sweet are the proclamations of Jesus, from the mercy-seat! and how will everyone that is made partaker of the rich salvation in Jesus pro claim, in the voice of praise, the wondrous works of distingui...
Psalms 24 _ Proper Psalm for Ascension Day_ (_Evening_). PSALMS 24-26 = _ Day 5_ (_Morning_)....
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 consi...
Psalms 26 is especially the pleading of integrity and trust in Jehovah. Having trusted Him, the godly would surely not slide. He invites Jehovah to search his inmost heart, as Peter did even though fa...
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...
That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. Ver. 7. _That I may publish_] This was the end David propounded to himself in all his solemn services; that he m...
_I will wash my hands in innocency_ “It was a common custom among all the Jews to wash before prayers; but the priests, in particular, were not to perform any sacred office in the sanctuary till they...
that I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, joining with the Temple chorus in psalms of praise, AND TELL OF ALL THY WONDROUS WORKS, the miracles of mercy which God performed in the Old Testamen...
PRAYER OF ONE PERSECUTED WITHOUT CAUSE. A psalm of David, who probably composed this hymn when he himself was suffering persecution, being obliged to flee before Absalom. The contents of this psalm,...
PUBLISH, or, _proclaim_, to wit, THY WONDROUS WORKS, as it here follows. WITH THE VOICE OF THANKSGIVING; accompanying my sacrifices with my own solemn thanksgivings and songs of praise....
Psalms 26:7 proclaim H8085 (H8687) voice H6963 thanksgiving H8426 tell H5608 (H8763) works H6381 (H8737)...
That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, And tell of all your wondrous works. And the result of his coming before YHWH fully clean will be that his voice will ring out in thanksgiving,...
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, t...
CONTENTS: David prays for vindication and deliverance and pledges faithfulness. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: It is a great comfort to those who have a clear conscience toward God that He is a...
REFLECTIONS. This Psalm is David's appeal to heaven, under the unjust and injurious imputations of Saul and his court. _Judge me, oh Lord, for I have walked in mine integrity,_ with loyalty towards my...
_That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all Thy wondrous works._ DECLARING BOLDLY GOD’S MERCY AND GOODNESS I have no notion of a timid, disingenuous profession of Christ. Some...
_I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass Thine altar, O Lord._ PURITY OF HEART AND LIFE I. What this resolution implies. 1. All apprehension of the holiness of God. 2. The condition...
_Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity._ LEADING PROOFS OF PERSONAL PIETY I. A strong craving for a knowledge of the real state of the character. “Judge me, O Lord.” Implying-- 1. A...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 26:1. This psalm may be part of an entrance liturgy by which pilgrims came into the sanctuary. If this is the case, the psalm shows those who attend worship what qualities t...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 26:4 The faithful covenant participant refuses to join with the unfaithful (HYPOCRITES, EVILDOERS, WICKED) in their crooked schemes. He rejects their values (see
INTRODUCTION The date of this psalm is uncertain. It is supposed by some to refer to the assassination of Ishbosheth (2 Samuel 4:5); and by others to the rebellion of Absalom (2 Samuel 15:18); but it...
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...
In Psalms 26:1-12, another psalm of David. The first is, Judge me, O LORD; I have walked in my integrity (Psalms 26:1): The second: Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my mind and my heart. For th...
1 Samuel 1:24; 1 Samuel 1:27; 2 Chronicles 20:26; Deuteronomy 26:2;...