Psalms 26:1
A Psalm of David, before he was anointed. 1 The Lord is my light and my Savior; whom shall I fear? 1 The Lord is the defender of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 1
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1 Samuel 2:9Granting his petition to him that prays; 1 And he blesses the years of the righteous, 1 For by strength cannot man prevail. 1
2 Kings 20:3Lord, remember, I pray thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thine eyes. And Hezekiah wept with a great weeping.
Job 4:6Is not thy fear founded in folly, 1 Thy hope also, and the mischief of thy way? 1
Psalms 7:8And the congregation of the nations shall compass thee: 1 And for this cause do thou return on high. 1
Psalms 21:7But I am a worm, and not a man; 1 A reproach of men, and scorn of the people. 1
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 →