Let my sentence - Hebrew, “my judgment.” The allusion is to a judgment or sentence as coming from God regarding the matter referred…

Let my sentence — i.e., let my cause be tried before Your tribunal, where it is sure of success, since I am inno…

It is the appeal of a slandered man to the highest court; he takes his case into the Court of King's Bench, and asks God himself to give the verdic…

From the presence of your face. Literally, it is, from before your face, or, before your face. By these words, David sug…

Let my sentence come forth from your presence
Not of condemnation, such as came forth from God and passed on Adam an…

This psalm is a prayer. Insincere prayers are fruitle ; but if our hearts lead our prayers, God will meet them with His favor. The psalmist was acc…

1. Above, the psalmist described the divine justice and showed that he kept it; here he puts forward a prayer in which he asks to be heard f…