Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 26:1

1 JUdge me, O LORD, for I have walked in mine integrity : I have trusted also in the LORD : therefore I shall not slide .

(i. e.) Plead my Cause, or give Sentence for me; as this Phrase is commonly used, as Psal. 10. 18▪ and 43. 1. and 72. 4. Isa. 1. 17. I can obtain no right from Men. The Supream and subordinate Magistrates, are mine implacable and resolved Enemies. Do thou therefore do me Justice against them.

For though they accuse me of many Crimes, they can prove none of them, and thou and mine own Conscience, and theirs too are Witnesses for me, that my Carriage towards them hath been innocent and unblameable.

I have committed my Cause and Affairs to thee, as to a just Judge and merciful Father, and my Hope and Trust is fixed upon thee alone.

Therefore thou wilst not deceive my Trust, but wilst uphold me against all mine Enemies. For thou hast Promised to save those that Trust in thee. Or, that I [illegible: 1 word] n[illegible: 1+ letters]t slide or fall. So this declares the matter of his Trust.

Marginal references: Psal. 7. 8▪