Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 26:12

12. My foot standeth in an even place : in the congregations will I bless the LORD▪

Heb. in R[illegible: 1+ letters]ctitude, or in a Right or Streight, or Plain, or ev[illegible: 1+ letters]n Place. Which may be understood, Either, 1. Civilly, or in regard of his outward Condition. So this is opposed to the slippery places, in which wicked men are said to be, Psal. 35. 6. and 73. 18. Ier. 23. 12. and the Sence is, I stand upon a sure and solid Foundation, where I fear no fall, nor to be overthrown by the assaults of mine Enemies, being under the Protection of God's promise, and his Almighty and watchful Providence. Or, 2. Morally, or in regard of his Conversation. So the Sence is, I do and will persist or continue (which is oft signified by standing, as Psal. 1. 1.) in my plain, and righteous, and streight Course of Life, not using those Frauds and wicked Arts, and perverse and crooked Paths, which mine Enemies chuse and walk in, or whereof they do falsly accuse me. And so this is the same thing for Substance, with his walking in his Integrity, expressed in the foregoing Verse, as also v. 1. I will not only privately acknowledge, but publickly, and in the Assemblies of thy People celebrate thy Praises, both for thy Grace, inabling and inclining to chuse and Love, and persevere in the ways of Holiness and Righteousness, and for thy Protection hitherto afforded to me, in the midst of all my Dangers and Troubles, and for that well-grounded assurance which thou hast given me, of thy Favour, and of my future Deliverance.

Marginal references: Psal. 27. 11.