Psalm 26

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A Psalm of David.

King James Version

1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:

7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.¹

References and notes
1. King James Authorized Version
2. John Gill's Exposition of the Bible - http:// www.ewor dtoday. com/ comments /psalm/ gill/ps alm26.htm
3. SDA Bible Commentary Vol. 3 pg 695
4. Matthew Henry Bible Commentary - http:// www.ewordt oday.com /comments /psalm/ mh/ psalm26.htm

INSCRIPTION AND AUTHORSHIP

A Psalm of David. The occasion of this psalm seems to be the quarrel between Saul and David, the former listening to calumnies and reproaches cast upon the latter, and persecuting him in a violent manner. The argument of it is the same, in a great measure, with the seventh psalm, and is an appeal made to God, the Judge of the whole earth, by the psalmist, for his innocence and integrity; Theodoret thinks it was written by David when he fled from Saul.²

SUBJECT

In Psalm 26 the writer appeals to the Searcher of hearts to witness his integrity and to keep him from the fate of the wicked, and closes his prayer with a declaration of his purpose to be found among the friends of God. The psalm is a fitting prayer in preparation for public worship. It begins in a minor key and closes in a major strain of devoted praise to God for divine guidance.³

DIVISION

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 (v. 1, 2), for the proof of which he alleges,
I. His constant regard to God and his grace (v. 3).
II. His rooted antipathy to sin and sinners (v. 4, 5).
III. His sincere affection to the ordinances of God, and his care about them (v. 6-8).
Having thus proved his integrity,
1. He deprecates the doom of the wicked (v. 9, 10).
2. He casts himself upon the mercy and grace of God, with a resolution to hold fast his integrity, and his hope in God (v. 11, 12).⁴