Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
David does not waver and gaze about like the heathen, seeking help from the world while forsaking God; he directs all his desires and prayers to God alone. Nothing is more opposed to true prayer than to waver between the creature and the Creator.
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Commenting on Psalm 25:1-22
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me. What better practical safeguards can a man require? If we do not prosper with these as our guides, it is better for us to suffer adversity. Even the ungodly world admits that "honesty is the best policy.
David's feet are caught in the net, entangled so he cannot free himself; his troubles multiply until his heart swells with melancholy and pain. Sense of sin afflicts him more than anything else, wounding his spirit and making all outward troubles weigh heavily upon him.
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Commenting on Psalm 25:15-22