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| 1 By David. |
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| Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not. |
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| 2 Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified [are] my reins and my heart. |
Prove me – He proves to see if we are worthy--to see if we love him best or love self best. R5914:1
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Prove me .. my heart – Psa. 139:1-2. This is part of the Song of Moses and the Lamb. |
| 3 For Thy kindness [is] before mine eyes, And I have walked habitually in Thy truth. |
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thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes – We can see the loving character of our God as manifest in the Divine Plan of the Ages.
I have walked in thy truth – The church, seeing God's character causes them to respond by faithfully walking in His Truth. |
| 4 I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not. |
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| 5 I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not. |
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| 6 I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah. |
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I will wash my hands – The hands indicate activity. In order to properly be active in the Lord's service we must first be clean, thus the washing of the hands.
So will I compass thine altar – This is the altar of sacrifice. The bullock (picturing our Lord Jesus) was sacrificed on the brazen altar. This provides for our Justification. |
| 7 To sound with a voice of confession, And to recount all Thy wonders. |
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That I may – In order that I may...
publish – Witness, Tell of thy wonderful works as shown in the Divine Plan. |
| 8 Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, And the place of the tabernacle of Thine honour. |
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| 9 Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life, |
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| 10 In whose hand [is] a wicked device, And their right hand [is] full of bribes. |
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| 11 And I, in mine integrity I walk, Redeem me, and favour me. |
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| 12 My foot hath stood in uprightness, In assemblies I bless Jehovah! |
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