Verse 1
Judge me, O YHWH, for I have walked in my integrity,
I have trusted also in YHWH without wavering.
He is confident that having received the forgiveness that he had pleaded for in Psalms 25:0 he can now call on YHWH to judge him in the present as one who has been faithful, and has walked in integrity (compare Psalms 25:21). He is ready to open his whole life to YHWH’s scrutiny. And he is not afraid, because he knows that he has trusted YHWH with an unwavering trust (compare Psalms 25:2), a trust that does not slide about in constant changeableness, ‘none of his steps will slide’ (Psalms 37:31). He has turned neither to left nor right (compare Isaiah 30:21). In all this he wants YHWH to shine His light on him so that he may ‘walk in the light’ before Him (compare 1 John 1:7).
The request to be judged is also a prayer that God will stand on his side against his adversaries (Psalms 43:1). He is aware that unless YHWH is satisfied with what he is he has no right to such protection and help.
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