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Scott's Reference Library
Psalm 26:1 through Psalm 26:8 (NIV)
1 Vindicate me, O LORD,
for I have led a blameless life;
I have trusted in the LORD
without wavering.
2 Test me, O LORD, and try me,
examine my heart and my mind;
3 for your love is ever before me,
and I walk continually in your truth.
4 I do not sit with deceitful men,
nor do I consort with hypocrites;
5 I abhor the assembly of evildoers
and refuse to sit with the wicked.
6 I wash my hands in innocence,
and go about your altar, O LORD,
7 proclaiming aloud your praise
and telling of all your wonderful deeds.
8 I love the house where you live, O LORD,
the place where your glory dwells.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
David here, by the Spirit of prophecy, speaks of himself as a type of Christ, of
whom what he here says of his spotless innocence was fully and eminently true,
and of Christ only, and to Him we may apply it. We are complete in him. The man
that walks in his integrity, yet trusting wholly in the grace of God, is in a
state of acceptance, according to the covenant of which Jesus was the Mediator,
in virtue of his spotless obedience even unto death. This man desires to have
his inmost soul searched and proved by the Lord. He is aware of the
deceitfulness of his own heart; he desires to detect and mortify every sin; and
he longs to be satisfied of his being a true believer, and to practise the holy
commands of God. Great care to avoid bad company, is both a good evidence of our
integrity, and a good means to keep us in it. Hypocrites and dissemblers may be
found attending on God’s ordinances; but it is a good sign of sincerity, if we
attend upon them, as the psalmist here tells us he did, in the exercise of
repentance and conscientious obedience. He feels his ground firm under him; and,
as he delights in blessing the Lord with his congregations on earth, he trusts
that shortly he shall join the great assembly in heaven, in singing praises to
God and to the Lamb for evermore.