Psalm 26

Psalm 26

Verse 1

Judge me, O Jehovah. A solemn appeal to the just court of the heart. who seeks God, guaranteed by the circumstances of the writer, to the extent that what he considered the specific offenses with which he was wrongly accused. Worried and exhausted by the injustice of men, the spirit innocent flies from his false accusers to the throne of Eternal Justice. He I needed to have a clear case that dared to take your clothes to the king's bank. from the sky. Such an appeal should not be made recklessly in any occasion; and as for our entire walk and conversation, it should never be done, exceto quando somos justificados em Cristo Jesus: uma oração muito mais suitable for a mortal sinner is the petition: "Do not enter into judgment with your servo. "For I walked in my integrity. He maintained integrity as its principle and entered into it as its practice. David did not use any means traitor or unjust to obtain the crown or to keep it; he was aware of having has been guided by the noblest principles of honor in all of his actions in regarding Saul and his family. What comfort it is to have the approval of one's own. conscience! If there is peace within the soul, the storms of slander that the things around us are of little importance. When the little bird in my chest sings a happy song, it doesn't matter to me if a thousand owls they shout for me from outside. I also trusted in the Lord. Faith is the root and sap of integrity. Those who rely on the Lord have the certainty of walking in righteousness. David knew that God's covenant had given him the crown and, therefore, did not he took indirect or illegal means to secure it; he would not kill his enemy in the cave, not even his armed men suffered to wound him when he slept unprotected in the plain. Faith will work hard for the Lord and in the way of the Lord, but she refuses to lift a finger to carry out the wicked cunning deed. Rebeca committed a great falsehood in order to fulfill the the decree of the Lord in favor of Jacob - this was unbelief; but Abraham left the Lord to fulfill his own purposes and took the knife to killing your son - that was faith. Faith trusts in God to fulfill its own decrees. Why should I steal when God promised to supply my needs? need? Why should I seek revenge when I know that the Lord embraced my cause? Trust in God is a very effective safeguard against the sin. Therefore, I will not slide. Slippery as the path is, in such a way that I walk like a man on ice, but faith prevents my leaps from to stumble and will continue to do so. The dubious ways of politics are certain, sooner or later, to bring down those who run in it, but the the paths of honesty, although often difficult, are always insurance. We cannot trust in God if we walk crooked; but paths challenges and simple faith bring the pilgrim happily to the end of their journey.

Verse 2

There are three modes of judgment here challenged, which are mentioned in the original to refer to trial by touch, trial by smell and judgment by fire. The psalmist was so clear with the accusation made against him who unconditionally submitted to any form of exam that the Lord might find it appropriate to employ. Examine me, O Lord. Look through me; conduct a thorough search; put me to question, examine my proofs. And prove me. Put me back to the judgment; and see if I would follow these wicked projects as my enemies I take you. Try my reins and my heart. Tell me how the metals are rehearsed in the furnace, and do this in my most secret parts, where my affections maintain their court; see, oh God, if I love or not, I kill and betrayal and deceit. All of this is a very bold appeal made by a man like David, who greatly feared the Lord, manifests the most solemn and complete conviction of innocence. The expressions used here must teach us to meticulousness of divine judgment and the need to be deeply sincere in all things, so that we may not be found wanting in the end.

Our enemies are harsh with us with the severity of spite, and this A courageous man remains unafraid; but the severity of God is certain. unwavering. Who will rise against such judgment? The sweet singer says: Who can stand before the cold? can withstand the heat of your justice?" so that we may not be found lacking.

In the end. Our enemies are severe with us with the severity of spite, and this courageous man remains unafraid; but the severity of God is of unwavering certainty. Who will rise against such judgment? The sweet singer says: "Who can stand before the cold?" and we can well ask: Who can resist the heat of your justice? so that we may not be found missing at the end. Our enemies are harsh with us with the harshness of despite this, this brave man remains unafraid; but the severity of God is certainly unshakeable. Who will rise against such judgment? The sweet The singer says: "Who can stand up before the cold?" and we can very well. ask: "Who can withstand the heat of your justice?"

Verse 3

For your kindness is before my eyes. An object of memory is a reason for hope. A feeling of mercy received establishes a fair perspective before the faithful mind in its most gloomy, for it produces visions of mercies yet to come, visions not visionary, but real. Dwell, dear reader, on this celestial word love-kindness. It has a heavenly flavor. It is not an incomparable word, unmatched, incomparable? The goodness of the Lord towards us must be before our eyes as a reason that acts in our behavior; we are not under the captive of the law, but we are under the sweet restrictions of grace, which are very more powerful, although much gentler. Men sin with the law before your eyes, but divine love, when seen clearly, sanctifies the conversation. If we were not so forgetful of the path of mercy in that God walks towards us, we must be more careful to walk in the paths of obedience towards him. And I walked in your truth. The psalmist was preserved from sin by their certainty of the truth of God's promise, the which he tried to imitate and believe. Observe from this verse that an experience Divine love will be shown in a practical following of divine truth; those who neglect the doctrinal or practical parts of the truth do not They must ask themselves if they lose the experimental pleasure of it. Some conversation about the truth, it is better to walk in it. Some promise to do good in the future, but your resolutions lead to nothing; only the regenerated man can to say 'I walked in your truth'. that promise, what truth he strived for to imitate, as well as to believe. Note from this verse that a the experience of divine love will manifest in a practical following of divine truth; those who neglect the doctrinal or practical parts In truth, they should not wonder if they lose the experimental pleasure of it.

Any conversation about the truth is better to walk in it. Some promise doing well in the future, but your resolutions lead nowhere; only the A regenerated man can say, 'I walked in your truth.' This is the promise that Indeed he made an effort to imitate, as well as to believe. Note the from this verse that an experience of divine love will be revealed in a practical following of the divine truth; those who neglect the parts doctrinal or practical truths should not ask if they lose the experimental pleasure in this. Any conversation about the truth, it's better to walk some promise to do well in the future, but their resolutions don ’ t lead to anything nothing; only the regenerated man can say "I walked in your truth". better to walk on it. Some promise to do well in the future, but their resolutions lead to nothing; only the regenerated man can say "I" I walked in your truth. It's better to walk in it. Some promise to do good in future, but your resolutions lead to nothing; only the regenerated man I walked in your truth.

Verses 4-5. Far from being an open offender against the laws of God, the psalmist did not even associate with the lovers of evil. He remained distant from the men of Belial. A man is known by his company, and if we keep ourselves separate from the wicked, it will always be a test for us please if our character is challenged. Who has never been in the parish probably didn't steal the corn. Those who have never been to the sea clearly do not He is the man who sank the ship.

Verse 4

I did not sit with vain people. True citizens do not engage with traitors. David did not have a seat in the parliament of things without importance. They were not your party companions at the parties, nor your councilors in the council, nor their associates in the conversation. We need to see, to speak and negotiate with the men of the world, but we should not, under any circumstances, some, rest and console us in your empty society. Not only the the profane, but the vain should be avoided by us. All those who they live only for this life, they are vain, witty, and frivolous, unworthy of friendship of a Christian. Furthermore, how this vanity is often allied To falsehood, it is good that we completely save ourselves from this generation. unfavorable, so that we are not taken from bad to worse and tolerate that the weak ones come to admire the wicked. I will not engage with pretenders. One since I know that hypocritical pity is a double wickedness, I will cease all friendship with the suitors. If I have to walk down the same street, I will not enter. at the same door and spend my time in their society. The congregation of hypocrites is not one with whom we should nurture communion; their point of the final meeting will be the lowest pit of hell, we will leave your knowledge now! because we will not desire it soon. They hang your accounts around the neck and carry the devil in their hearts. This the clause is in the future tense, to indicate that the writer did not feel any desire to start a knowledge of the characters that until then he had avoided. We need to keep the path separate with more and more circumspection, as we see the great day of redemption approaching. Those who would be transfigured with Jesus must not be disfigured by conformity to the world. The psalmist's resolution suggests that, even among the professed followers of the truth, we must do distinctions, because just as there are vain people outside the church, there are also there are dissemblers in it and both should be avoided with scrupulous decision.

Verse 5

I hated the congregation of evildoers. A harsh sentence, but not very severe. A man who does not terribly hate evil does not love of good heart. Men, as men, we must always love, because they are our neighbors and, therefore, to be loved as ourselves; but the Wrongdoers, as such, are traitors to the Great King, and no loyal subject You can love traitors. What God hates, we must hate. the congregation or assembly of wrongdoers, means violent men in alliance and conclave for the downfall of the innocents; such synagogues of Satan must be maintained in repugnance. What a sad reflection that there should be a congregation of malefactors, as well as a congregation of the righteous, a church of Satan, bem como uma igreja de Deus; uma semente da serpente assim como uma the seed of the woman; an ancient Babylon, as well as a new Jerusalem: a great prostitute sitting upon many waters, to be judged with fury, as well as a chaste bride of the Lamb to be crowned at His coming. And not will sit with the wicked. The saints sit at another table and never they leave the king's delicacies for the pig's scraps. Better to sit with the blind and the lame, at the table of mercy, than with the wicked in Your banquets of iniquity. It is better to sit on Job's dung heap than on pharaoh's throne. Allow each reader to see their company well, for, how we maintain ourselves in this world, we will likely continue in next.

Verse 6

I will wash my hands in innocence. He would publicly to declare oneself fully clear about the accusations made against him, and if any failure in other matters could be honestly alleged against he, he would, in the future, refrain from it. Washing hands is an action significant to demonstrate that we have no connection with a action, as we still say: "I wash my hands of the whole business". As for the perfect innocence, David does not claim it here, but he declares his innocence of the crimes he was falsely accused of; There is, however, a sense in which we can be washed in absolute innocence, for the blood expiatory makes us clean everything. We should never rest satisfied with a complete persuasion of our complete purification by the precious blood of Jesus. So I will approach your altar, O Lord. The priests for God must take great care to be personally purified; the basin of bronze is as necessary as the golden altar; Worshiping God requires that we may be holy in life. He who is unjust to man cannot be acceptably religious in relation to God. We should not bring our thanksgiving offers with hands dirty with guilt. To love justice and the purity is much more acceptable to God than ten thousand of the fat of beasts fed. We see from this verse that holy minds delight in adoration of the Lord and find their sweetest comfort at His altar; and that it is from your deepest concern never to engage in any course of action that incapacitate you for the most sacred communion with God. Our eyes they must be on the altar that sanctifies both the donor and the gift, but we should never make the expiatory sacrifice an excuse for sin, but instead, find in it a more convincing argument for holiness.

Verse 7

That I may proclaim with a voice of gratitude. David was so far instructed that he does not mention the typical offer, but discerns the offer spiritual that was destined through this, not the groans of calves, but songs of gratitude that the spiritual worshiper presents. Sound out of the worthy praises to the God of all grace must be the daily business of a forgiven sinner. Let men slander us as they wish, not let's defraud the Lord of His praises; let the dogs bark, but let's make the moon shine. And count all its wonderful works. The people God should not have his tongue tied. The wonders of grace. divine are enough to make the tongue of the mute sing. The works of love of God are marvelous if we consider the unworthiness of their objects, the the cost of your method and the glory of your result. And how men have great pleasure in discussing remarkable and astonishing things, the saints I rejoice in telling the great things the Lord has done for them.

I loved the dwelling of your house. In the abodes of sin, he would not enter, but the house of God that he loved a long time ago and still loved. We were sad children if we do not love the home of our Father. Although we may not have edifícios sagrados, a igreja do Deus vivo é a casa de Deus, e os verdadeiros Christians delight in their ordinances, services, and assemblies. May all Our days were Saturdays! And the place where your honor resides. In your church. where God is honored at all times, where he reveals himself in glory of His grace, and He is proclaimed by His people as the Lord of all.

We do not gather as the people of the Lord to honor the preacher, but to give glory to God; such work is very pleasant for the saints of Most High. What are those meetings in which God is not honored, are they not an offense to your pure and holy eyes, and not a sad stone of stumble for the people of God? It brings the scalding tear on our cheek to hear sermons where the honor of God is so far from being the objective of the preacher, that one could almost imagine that the preacher adored the dignity of masculinity, and I thought more about it than about the Majesty Infinite. of God.

Verse 9

Do not join my soul with sinners. Lord, when, how The fruit, I must be gathered, do not place me in the same basket with the best. of sinners, much less with the worst of them. The company of sinners is so unpleasant for us here, that we can't bear the thought of to be connected to the same package with them for all eternity. Our comfort is that the Great Husband discerns the wheat from the chaff and will find a separate place for distinct characters. In the previous verses, we see that the the psalmist remained free from profane people, and this should be understood as a reason why he should not be pushed into your company past. Let us think about the condemnation of the wicked and the prayer of the text will force the our lips; Meanwhile, as we see the judgment rule by which the similar is gathered to your taste, we who have passed from death to life We have nothing to fear. Not even my life with bloody men. Our soul falls ill from hearing them speak; their cruel dispatches, in which they deal with the shot of Your companions as a rare sport are terrible for us; Lord, do not let us let's go down to the same prison with them; no, the same paradise with such men it would be a hell if they remained as they are now.

Verse 10

In whose hands is evil. They have both hands full, plotting and doing. And the right hand, with which they are more skilled, is full of bribes; like thieves who steal with impunity, they carry a calmative for the dogs of justice. He who gives bribes is just as guilty. how much the man who takes them and, in the case of our parliamentary elections, the a corrupt villain who bribes is by far the worst. Bribery, in any form or form, it must be detestable to a Christian, like carrion, dove or a lamb. Let those with dirty hands who enjoy bribes remember neither death nor the devil can be bribed to let them escape for your well-deserved conviction.

Verse 11

Here is the lover of piety entering his protest. people against unfair gain. He is a nonconformist and is ready to to be alone in your nonconformity. Like a live fish, it swims against the stream. Trusting in God, the psalmist decides that the simple the path of justice will be your choice, and those who wish can prefer the winding paths of violence and deception. However, he is not of in any way a braggart, or a vain person vain of his own strength, for he cries out for redemption and pleads for mercy. Our integrity it is not absolute nor inherent, it is a work of grace in us and is harmed by the human illness; we must therefore turn to the redeeming blood and to throne of mercy, confessing that, although we are saints among the men, we must still bow as sinners before God.

Verse 12

The music started in the minor, but now it has reached the main key.

The saints usually sing in happiness. The same place where our foot this is the certainty, the fidelity of the pact, the eternal promise and the oath immutable of the Lord of Hosts; there is no fear of falling from this solid foundation or to be removed from us. Established in Christ Jesus, for being vitally united with him, we have nothing more to occupy our thoughts, except the praises of our God. Let us not fail to unite and, when gathered, do not let us not delay in contributing our share of thanksgiving. Each saint it is a witness to divine fidelity and must be ready with its testimony. As for the slanderers, let them howl from the outside while the children sing inside.