And see if [there be any] wicked way in me
Not that David thought himself free from wickedness, or that
there was none to be found in his heart and life; and therefore
said this in a boasting way, he knew otherwise; see ( Psalms 19:12
Psalms
19:13 ) ( 119:96 ) ;
but he is desirous it might be thoroughly looked into and seen
whether there was any such wicked way in him he was charged with;
as that he had a design upon the life of Saul, and to seize his
throne and kingdom, which never entered into his mind, ( 1 Samuel
24:9 ) . Or, "any way of grief" F4; what tended to wound
and grieve his own soul, or to grieve the hearts of God's people;
or to grieve the Holy Spirit of God; and which he ought to grieve
for and repent of: suggesting, that upon the first conviction he
was ready to relinquish any such wicked way, and express his
abhorrence of it, and testify true repentance for it. Some render
it, "the way of an idol" F5; because a word from the same root
signifies an idol: every carnal lust in a man's heart is an idol;
and whatsoever engrosses the affections, or has more of them than
God himself has, or is preferred to him, ( Ezekiel 14:4
) . The Targum is,
``and see if the way of those that err is me;''and lead me in the way everlasting;
``lead me in the way of the upright of the world;''the way in which upright men walk.