Psalms 26:11 - Exposition

But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity ; i.e. I will continue to walk as I have walked hitherto (see Psalms 26:1 )—I will be " integer vitae scelerisque purus "—a brave and good resolve. Had he but kept to it! Redeem me, and be merciful unto me (compare the comment on Psalms 26:1 ). Though hitherto he has walked innocently, and is resolved still to continue to walk innocently; he nevertheless feels that he has need of redeeming mercy. Though he "knows nothing by himself, yet he is not thereby justified" ( 1 Corinthians 4:4 ). Many, doubtless, are his "secret sins," which God has "set in the light of his countenance" ( Psalms 90:8 ).