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Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, And to my integrity that is in me.
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Righteousness in Context
Commentators unanimously stress that David is not claiming sinless perfection or a basis for salvation. His appeal to his "righteousness and integrity" is specific to the false accusations he faced. As scholars like John Calvin and Albert Barnes explain, he is claiming innocence in this particular conflict with his enemies, not overall sinlessness before God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Lord shall judge the people - Expressing his confident belief that God would intervene, and that His judgment would not be dela…
19th Century
Anglican
The Lord shall. —Better, Jehovah judgeth the nations. Everything is complete, and the work of judgment begins. The poet p…
16th Century
Protestant
Jehovah shall judge the nations. This sentence is closely connected with the preceding verse. David had prayed God to show himself as judg…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Lord shall judge the people The inhabitants of the world in general; for God is the Judge of all the earth, and he judges …
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…
13th Century
Catholic
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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