Ps 26:1
26:1 <<[A Psalm] of David.>> Judge me, {a} O LORD; for I have
     walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD;
     [therefore] I shall not slide.

     (a) He flees to God to be the judge of his just cause,
         seeing there is no equity among men.

Ps 26:2
26:2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my {b} reins and my
     heart.

     (b) My very affections and inward motions of the heart.

Ps 26:3
26:3 For thy {c} lovingkindness [is] before mine eyes: and I
     have walked in thy truth.

     (c) He shows what stayed him, that he did not recompense
         evil for evil.

Ps 26:4
26:4 I have not {d} sat with vain persons, neither will I go in
     with dissemblers.

     (d) He declares that they cannot walk in simplicity before
         God, that delight in the company of the ungodly.

Ps 26:6
26:6 I will {e} wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass
     thine altar, O LORD:

     (e) I will serve you with a pure affection, and with the
         godly that sacrifice to you.

Ps 26:9
26:9 {f} Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with
     bloody men:

     (f) Destroy me not in the overthrow of the wicked.

Ps 26:10
26:10 In whose hands [is] {g} mischief, and their right hand is
      full of bribes.

      (g) Whose cruel hands execute the malicious devises of
          their hearts.

Ps 26:12
26:12 My foot standeth in {h} an even place: in the
      congregations will I bless the LORD.

      (h) I am preserved from my enemies by the power of God,
          and therefore will praise him openly.

This document is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College. Last updated on May 27, 1999. Contacting the CCEL.