I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
David came to the throne through almost insurmountable trials, and foreign enemies harassed him even into old age. Rather than boast of his own victories, he exalts God as the true author of them, showing that his reign prefigures Christ's kingdom, one that will triumph over all resistance by the Father's incomprehensible power.
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Commenting on Psalm 18:1-50
Sincerity before God, that is David's claim, and he means it genuinely. The true wonder is that his violent nature, which could have driven him to slay Saul when opportunity came, was held back by grace; his hands stayed clean. What a cordial it will be, one day, to remember such self-denials and bless God that we could refuse them.
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When God visibly took David's part, He both cleared his innocence before men and confirmed the testimony of his own conscience. A wicked departure from God is one done willfully and without recovery; but those who stumble yet repent and press forward have not truly forsaken Him.
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Commenting on Psalm 18:20-28