{"id":3905,"date":"2015-12-18T08:58:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T14:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=3905"},"modified":"2024-01-15T12:30:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T18:30:43","slug":"psalm-261-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=3905","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 26:1-12"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Psalm of David.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

1 Vindicate me, O Lord<\/span>,<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\n For I have walked in my integrity.<\/span><\/em>
\n I have also trusted in the Lord<\/span>;<\/span><\/em>
\n I shall not slip.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

2\u00a0<\/sup>Examine me, O Lord<\/span>, and prove me;<\/span><\/em>
\n Try my mind and my heart.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

3\u00a0<\/sup>For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes,<\/span><\/em>
\n And I have walked in Your truth.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

4\u00a0<\/sup>I have not sat with idolatrous mortals,<\/span><\/em>
\n Nor will I go in with hypocrites.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

5\u00a0<\/sup>I have hated the assembly of evildoers,<\/span><\/em>
\n And will not sit with the wicked.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

6\u00a0<\/sup>I will wash my hands in innocence;<\/span><\/em>
\n So I will go about Your altar, O Lord<\/span>,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

7\u00a0<\/sup>That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving,<\/span><\/em>
\n And tell of all Your wondrous works.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

8\u00a0<\/sup>Lord<\/span>, I have loved the habitation of Your house,<\/span><\/em>
\n And the place where Your glory dwells.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

9\u00a0<\/sup>Do not gather my soul with sinners,<\/span><\/em>
\n Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

10\u00a0<\/sup>In whose hands is a sinister scheme,<\/span><\/em>
\n And whose right hand is full of bribes.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

11\u00a0<\/sup>But as for me, I will walk in my integrity;<\/span><\/em>
\n Redeem me and be merciful to me.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

12\u00a0<\/sup>My foot stands in an even place;<\/span><\/em>
\n In the congregations I will bless the Lord<\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

This psalm parallels the same three-fold approach to its central theme as Psalm 27<\/span><\/a> \u2014 i.e., both psalms begin by focusing on God as the Foundation (both the establisher and determiner) of the central concept, then present God as its Goal, and conclude by affirming God as its ongoing Enabler-Developer. This parallel approach serves to emphasize the inseparability and interrelationship between the central theme of this psalm (i.e., personal integrity) and that of the next (i.e., personal confidence). \u2014 Wechsler, pages 82-83<\/span><\/h3>\n

This seems to be David’s cry to God when he found himself in the midst of a society that had rejected God.<\/h3>\n

Williams believes that Jesus Christ is the speaker here, pleading for His people, Israel, and that failure to understand this makes David seem conceited. I think he has a point.<\/h3>\n

vindicate (v.1) \u2014 should be “judge,” indicating that David will accept God’s assessment even if David comes out lacking.<\/h3>\n

my integrity (v.1) \u2014 The possessive pronoun indicates his adherence to integrity as he understood it, yet which was still not unadulterated by sin. \u2014 Wechsler, page 83<\/span><\/h3>\n

trusted (v.1) = lit. “ran for refuge”<\/h3>\n

try (v.2) \u2014 as in purifying metal (1 Peter 1:7<\/span><\/a>)<\/h3>\n

heart (v.2) \u2014 Not just the emotions, but the active inner person<\/h3>\n

walked (v.3) \u2014 David refers to having walked (here employed idiomatically for “lived” \u2014 which Old Testament usage carries over into the New Testament, as in Galatians 5:16<\/a><\/span>) in God’s truth, the imperfections of which walk he again intimates by his juxtaposed reference to not sitting with deceitful (lit. “without (spiritual) worth”; see also v.5b) men \u2014 i.e., while his depravity may occasionally have led him to “walk” and even “stand” in the path of the wicked, he never descended to the point of “sitting” (i.e., identifying wholeheartedly) with them. (See Psalm 1<\/span><\/a>.) \u2014 Wechsler, page 84.<\/span><\/h3>\n

hypocrites (v.4) = those whose ways and motives are hidden<\/h3>\n

Verse 7 teaches that a major component of praise to God is telling others what He has done.<\/h3>\n

thanksgiving (v.7) \u2014 The goal of his lifelong endeavor to walk in integrity and truth is not to promote his own merit or worth, but to express his thanksgiving for what God has done \u2014 i.e., His wonders of deliverance both personally for David and for His people throughout history (in connection with which the same phraseology is employed in Psalm 9:1<\/a><\/span>). \u2014 Wechsler, page 84.<\/span><\/h3>\n

__________<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

redeem (v.11) \u2014 Rather than succumbing to despair, David appeals to God’s mercy (v.11: “redeem me” \u2014 implying forgiveness \u2014 i.e., not requiting the full penalty that his sins do merit; see Ezra 9:13) and grace (“be gracious to me” \u2014 i.e., continuing to grant him the help that he does not merit) as that which will enable him to continue his endeavor to walk in integrity. \u2014 Wechsler, page 84.<\/span><\/h3>\n

even (v.12) \u2014 level, straight, righteous<\/h3>\n

congregations (v.12) \u2014 the faithful in contrast with “assembly of evildoers<\/span>” (v.5).<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Psalm of David. 1 Vindicate me, O Lord, For I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the Lord; I shall not slip. 2\u00a0Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psalms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3905"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8696,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3905\/revisions\/8696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}