Psalms 26:1
“A psalm of David.” Be thou my judge, O LORD! for I have walked in uprightness. I have put my trust in the LORD, therefore shall I not fall.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2Examine me, O LORD! and prove me; Try my reins and my heart!
Cross References
Job 4:6Is not thy fear of God thy hope, And the uprightness of thy ways thy confidence?
Psalms 7:8The LORD judgeth the nations; Judge me, O LORD! according to my righteousness, And requite me according to my integrity!
Psalms 21:7For the king trusteth in the LORD; And through the goodness of the Most High he shall never fall.
Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For on thee do I rest my hope!
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 →