Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 26:3

3. For thy loving kindness is before mine eyes : and I have walked in thy truth .

I dare appeal to thee with this Confidence, because thou knowest that I have a true and deep Sence of thy Loving kindness to me upon mine Heart, by which I have been obliged, and in a manner constrained to Love and Obey thee, and in all things to approve my Heart and ways to thee, and to abstain from all such evil Practices, as mine Enemies Charge me with, whereby I should have forfeited thy Loving kindness, which I prize more than Life, Psal. 63. 3. and exposed my self to thy just Displeasure. My Experience of and Trust in thy Goodness, doth fully satisfie and support me, that I neither do no[illegible: 1+ letters] need to use any indirect or irregular Courses for my Relief.

(i. e.) According to thy Word, which is oft called Truth, as Psal. 119. 142. 151. Ioh. 17. 17: 19. believing its Promises, and observing its Precepts and Directions; and not according to the Course of the World, as it follows.