Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
David appeals to God as judge and advocate because men have offered him neither equity nor help. Oppressed by false accusations, he calls God to take up his cause and vindicate his innocence, for he has walked in integrity and trusted without wavering.
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Commenting on Psalm 26:1-12
Judge me, O Jehovah. A solemn appeal to the just tribunal of the heart searching God, warranted by the circumstances of the writer, so far as regarded the particular offences with which he was wrongly charged. Worried and worn out by the injustice of men, the innocent spirit flies from its false accusers to the throne of Eternal Right.
Innocency itself is no fence to your name against the darts of calumny, though it guards your bosom. When your accusers hold the judge's seat, you must appeal to God alone, who will bring you off with honour and put them to shame.
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Commenting on Psalm 26:1-5