And enter not into judgment with thy servant
The house of judgment, as the Targum, or court of judicature; God
is a Judge, and there is and will be a judgment, universal,
righteous, and eternal; and there is a day fixed for it, and a
judgment seat before which all must stand, and a law according to
which all must be judged; but the psalmist knew he was but a man,
and could not contend with God; and a sinful creature, and could
not answer him for one of a thousand faults committed by him; and
though his servant, yet an unprofitable one; his nature, his
heart, his thoughts, words, and actions, would not bear
examining, nor stand the test of the holy law of God; nor was he
able to answer the demands of divine justice in his own person;
and therefore pleads for pardon and acceptance through Christ and
his righteousness, and entreats that God would not proceed
against him in a judicial way, now nor hereafter; for in
thy sight shall no man living be justified;
in a legal sense, so as to be acquitted in open court, and not
condemned; that is, by the deeds of the law, as the apostle
explains it, ( Romans 3:20 ) ; by
obedience to it, by a man's own works of righteousness; because
these are imperfect, are opposed to the grace of God, and would
disannul the death of Christ, and encourage boasting; and much
less in the sight of God; for, however men may be justified
hereby in their own sight, and before men, in their esteem and
account, yet not before God, the omniscient God; who sees not as
man sees, and judges not according to the outward appearance, and
is perfectly holy and strictly just; and none but the
righteousness of Christ can make men righteous, or justify them
before him; and this can and does, and presents men unblamable
and irreprovable in his sight.