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| 1 [[David's.]] Do me justice, O Yahweh, For, I, in my blamelessness, have walked, and, in Yahweh, have I trusted, I will not waver. |
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| 2 Try me, O Yahweh, and prove me, Test my reins and my heart:– |
Prove me .. my heart – Psa. 139:1-2. This is part of the Song of Moses and the Lamb. |
| 3 For, thy lovingkindness, hath been before mine eyes, and I have walked to and fro in thy faithfulness; |
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 men of deceit, nor, with dissemblers, would I enter; |
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| 5 I have hated the convocation of evil-doers, and, with lawless men, would I not sit; |
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| 6 I will bathe, in pureness, my hands,–so will I go in procession around thine altar, O Yahweh; |
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 aloud a song, and to recount all thy wonderful doings. |
That I may – In order that I may...
publish – Witness, Tell of thy wonderful works as shown in the Divine Plan. |
| 8 O Yahweh, I have loved the asylum of thy house, even the place of the habitation of thy glory! |
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| 9 Do not remove, with sinners, my soul, nor, with men of bloodshed, my life; |
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| 10 In whose hands is a plot, and, their right hand, is filled with a bribe. |
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| 11 But, I, in my blamelessness, will walk, Redeem me and show me favour. |
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| 12 My foot standeth in a level place, In the convocations, will I bless Yahweh. |
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