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A Plea for Vindication
When the psalmist asks God to 'judge' him, he is not claiming sinless perfection or asking for a final judgment. Commentators agree this is a legal appeal for vindication. He is asking God, the only true judge, to examine the facts of his case and defend his righteous cause against false human accusers.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 26:1
18th Century
Theologian
Judge me, O Lord — That is, determine in regard to my case whether I am truly your friend, or whether the evidences of my piety are genuin…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 26:1
19th Century
Bishop
Judge me — that is, do me justice, “vindicate me.”
I shall not slide. —Rather, I have trusted…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 26:1
19th Century
Preacher
Judge me, O LORD;
As if he turned away from all other judges, bribed and false as they had proved themselves to be in his case, and …
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John Calvin
On Psalms 26:1
16th Century
Theologian
Judge me, O Jehovah! I have just said that David turns to the judgment of God because he found neither fairness nor humanity among men. Th…
John Gill
On Psalms 26:1
17th Century
Pastor
Judge me, O Lord
Meaning not that God would enter into judgment with him in respect to the justification of his pe…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 26:1–12
17th Century
Minister
David here, by the Spirit of prophecy, speaks of himself as a type of Christ. What he says here concerning his own spotless innocence was fully and…