--- title: "Psalms 26 - Study King James Bible with calvins commentary on the bible" description: "Read Psalms 26 with calvins commentary on the bible commentary. 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;" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/calvins-commentary-on-the-bible/psalms/26" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/26)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/26)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/26) Audio 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. [Psalms 25](/study/psalms/25) [Psalms 27](/study/psalms/27) ## Commentary To verse 1 **1.***Judge me, O Jehovah!* I have just said, that David betakes himself to the judgment of God, because he found neither equity nor humanity among men. The Hebrew word which is rendered to *judge,* signifies to undertake the cognisance of a cause. The meaning here, therefore, is as if David called upon God to be the defender of his right. (567) When God leaves us for a time to the injuries and petulance of our enemies, he seems to neglect our cause; but when he restrains them from assailing us at their pleasure he clearly demonstrates that the defense of our cause is the object of his care. Let us, therefore, learn from the example of David, when we are destitute of man’s aid, to have recourse to the judgment-seat of God, and to rely upon his protection. The clause which follows is variously explained by interpreters. Some read it in connection with the first clause, *Judge me, O Jehovah! because I have walked in mine integrity;* but others refer it to the last clause, *Because I have walked in mine integrity, therefore I shall not stumble.* In my opinion, it may be properly connected with both. As it is the proper work of God to maintain and defend righteous causes, the Psalmist, in constituting him his defender, summons him as the witness of his integrity and trust, and thus conceives the hope of obtaining his aid. If, on the other hand, any one thinks that the clauses should be separated, it seems most probable that this sentence, *judge me, O Lord!* should be read by itself; and then that the second prayer should follow, *that God would not allow him to stumble, because he had behaved himself inoffensively and uprightly, etc.* But there is a force in the possessive pronoun *my,* which interpreters have overlooked. For David does not simply aver that he had been upright, but that he had constantly proceeded in an upright course, without being driven from his purpose, however powerful the devices by which he had been assailed. When wicked men attack us with a view to overwhelm us, either by force or fraud, we know how difficult it is to preserve always the same fortitude. We place our hope of victory in endeavoring resolutely and vigorously to oppose force to force, and art to art. And this is a temptation which so much the more affects honest and steady men, who are otherwise zealous to do well, when the cruelty of their enemies compels them to turn aside from the right path. Let us, therefore, learn from the example of David, even when an opportunity of injuring our enemies is offered us, and when by various methods they force and provoke us, to remain firm in our course, and not suffer ourselves to be diverted in any manner from persevering in the path of our integrity. (567) *Hammond* renders the original word, “Plead for, or defend me;” and *Green*, “Vindicate me.” The word denotes both the act of a judge and of an advocate. 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