Psalms 26:8-14

8 tibi dixit cor meum exquisivit facies mea faciem tuam Domine requiram

9 ne avertas faciem tuam a me ne declines in ira a servo tuo adiutor meus esto ne derelinquas me neque dispicias me Deus salvator meus

10 quoniam pater meus et mater mea dereliquerunt me Dominus autem adsumpsit me

11 legem pone mihi Domine in via tua et dirige me in semita recta propter inimicos meos

12 ne tradideris me in animas tribulantium me quoniam insurrexerunt in me testes iniqui et mentita est iniquitas sibi

13 credo videre bona Domini in terra viventium

14 expecta Dominum viriliter age et confortetur cor tuum et sustine Dominum

Psalms 26:8-14 Meaning and Commentary

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.