Psalms 26:1
Unto the end, a psalm for David. Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall not be weakened.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness, because no man shall prevail by his own strength.
2 Kings 20:3I beseech thee, O Lord, remember how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is pleasing before thee. And Ezechias wept with much weeping.
Job 4:6Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy patience, and the perfection of thy ways?
Psalms 7:8and a congregation of people shall surround thee. And for their sakes return thou on high.
Psalms 21:7For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever: thou shalt make him joyful in gladness with thy countenance.
Psalms 25:21The innocent and the upright have adhered to me: because I have waited on thee.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 26:1
Holy David is in this psalm putting himself upon a solemn trial, not by God and his country, but by God and his own conscience, to both which he appeals touching his integrity ( ver. 1, 2 ), for the proof of which he alleges, I. His constant regard to God and his grace, ver. 3 . II. His rooted antipathy to sin and sinners, ver. 4, 5 . III. His sincere affection to the ordinances of God, and his care about them, ver. 6-8 . Having thus proved his integrity, 1. He deprecates the doom of the wicked, ver. 9, 10 . 2. He… Read the whole commentary →