Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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Psalms
Book: Psalms
Chapter: 26
Overview:
David, in this psalm, appeals to
God touching his integrity.
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David here,
By the
Spirit of
Prophecy, speaks of himself as a
Type of
Christ, of whom what he here says of his spotless
innocence was fully and eminently true, and of
Christ only, and
to Him we may apply it. We are complete in him. The
Man that
walks in his integrity, yet trusting wholly in the
Grace of
God,
is in a state of acceptance, according to the
Covenant of which
Jesus was the
Mediator, in virtue of his spotless obedience even
unto
Death. This
Man desires to have his inmost soul searched
and proved
By the
Lord. He is aware of the deceitfulness of his
own
Heart; he desires to detect and mortify every
Sin; and he
longs to be satisfied of his being a true believer, and to
practise the holy commands of
God. Great care to avoid bad
company, is both a good evidence of our integrity, and a good
means to keep us in it. Hypocrites and dissemblers may be found
attending
On God's ordinances; but it is a good sign of
sincerity, if we attend upon them, as the psalmist here tells us
he did, in the
Exercise of
Repentance and conscientious
obedience. He feels his ground firm under him; and, as he
delights in blessing the
Lord with his congregations
On Earth,
he trusts that shortly he shall join the great assembly in
Heaven, in singing praises to
God and to the
Lamb for evermore.