Psalms 26:1
Do me justice, O Yahweh, For, I, in my blamelessness, have walked, and, in Yahweh, have I trusted, I will not waver.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2Try me, O Yahweh, and prove me, Test my reins and my heart:—
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9The feet of his loving ones, he doth guard, But, the lawless, in darkness shall be silent,—For, by strength, shall no man prevail.
2 Kings 20:3I beseech thee, O Yahweh, remember, I pray thee, how I have walked before thee, in truth, and with a whole heart, and, that which is good in thine eyes, have I done! And Hezekiah wept aloud.
Job 4:6Is not, thy reverence, thy confidence? And is not, thy hope, the very integrity of thy ways?
Psalms 7:8Yahweh, will judge the peoples,—Do me justice, O Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity upon me,
Psalms 21:7For, the king, is trusting in Yahweh, and, in the lovingkindness of the Highest, shall he not be shaken.
Psalms 25:21Let, blamelessness and uprightness, watch over me, because I have waited for 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 →