Psalms 26:1

Psalms 26:1 « [A Psalm] of David. » Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; [therefore] I shall not slide.

Ver. 1. Judge me, O Lord ] i.e. Judge between me and mine enemies; not between me and thee, as R. David expoundeth it, for then I am sure to be found faulty.

For I have walked in mine integrity ] viz. Toward Saul, whatever his flattering courtiers suggest against me; as Psalms 7:1-17 , which is much like this, and made, as it may seem, about the same time as this, viz. about the beginning of Saul’s persecution raised against David, 1 Samuel 22:7-8 , who thereupon appealeth here to God’s just judgment, and stands upon his justification, as holding fast faith and a good conscience.

Therefore I shall not slide ] Or, not far; I shall not be greatly moved, Psalms 62:2 . Moved I may be, but not removed; shaken, but not shivered; thrust at, but not thrown down, &c., because bottomed and built upon the Rock of Ages, Isaiah 26:4 2 Corinthians 4:8 .