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O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

O Lord my God - A solemn appeal to God as to the sincerity and truth of what he was about to say.

If I have done this…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Thisi.e., this with which I am charged —the Benjamite’s slander.

If there be iniquity.

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

O Jehovah my God Here David, to induce God to show him favour, protests that he is harassed unjustly and without being guilty of any crime…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

O Lord my God, if I have done this .
] The crime which Saul and his courtiers charged him with, and which was made s…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

David flees to God for aid.

But Christ alone could call on Heaven to attest His uprightness in all things. All His works were performed in r…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

1. The earlier psalms were written for liberation from enemies, but this is a psalm in which he prays for vindication from them. Thus, the t…

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