Salmos 26

1 De David. Júzgame, oh SEÑOR, porque yo en mi integridad he andado; y en el SEÑOR he confiado; no vacilaré.

2 Pruébame, oh SEÑOR, y sondéame; funde mis riñones y mi corazón.

3 Porque tu misericordia está delante de mis ojos, y en tu verdad ando.

4 No me he sentado con los varones de falsedad; ni entré con los hipócritas.

5 Aborrecí la congregación de los malignos, y con los impíos nunca me senté.

6 Lavaré en inocencia mis manos, y andaré alrededor de tu altar, oh SEÑOR:

7 Para exclamar con voz de acción de gracias, y para contar todas tus maravillas.

8 SEÑOR, la habitación de tu Casa he amado, y el lugar del tabernáculo de tu gloria.

9 No juntes con los pecadores mi alma, ni con los varones de sangre mi vida,

10 en cuyas manos está el mal, y su diestra está llena de sobornos.

11 Mas yo ando en mi integridad; redímeme, y ten misericordia de mí.

12 He caminado en rectitud; en las congregaciones bendeciré al SEÑOR.

Salmos 26 Commentary

Chapter 26

David, in this psalm, appeals to God touching his integrity.

- 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.

Chapter Summary

Psalm of David. The occasion of this psalm seems to be the quarrel between Saul and David, the former listening to calumnies and reproaches cast upon the latter, and persecuting him in a violent manner. The argument of it is the same, in a great measure, with the seventh psalm, and is an appeal made to God, the Judge of the whole earth, by the psalmist, for his innocence and integrity; Theodoret thinks it was written by David when he fled from Saul.