Psalm 26:1
1 A Psalm of David [David].
Judge [shaphat] me, O LORD [Yahovah]; for I have walked [halak]
in mine integrity [tom]: I have trusted [batach] also in the LORD [Yahovah];
therefore I shall not slide [ma`ad]. KJV-Interlinear
A Psalm of David
1
Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity; And I have trusted in
the Lord without wavering. NASB
Vindicate means to
pronounce sentence or to judge to govern or to litigate in one’s behalf, to
evaluate, to justify, to defend.
And why would God
vindicate anyone?
God evaluates and judges everything
and everyone based on truth. Truth is the perfect standard against which
everything is compared. Anything that does not match up with truth, is
rejected.
Integrity, is the measure
of truth that exists within the individual. Needless to say the only way you
can obtain truth is through the daily study the word God.
You have to study
something in order to learn it, you have to learn something in order to
understand it, you have to understand something in order to use it, and all of that,
as it relates to truth, creates the possession of truth within your soul.
Walking in integrity, is
simply an expression for living your daily life in accordance with the
principles and precepts and mandates of God. And you cannot know God’s
principles, precepts or mandates unless you learn them.
And of course you can’t
live by them unless they are incorporated into your soul.
Trust, means to take
refuge, to place confidence in, to look toward.
Therefore, when you learn
Bible doctrine and incorporate it into your daily life and thoughts, and as you
grow up in your spiritual life towards spiritual maturity, then by default you
place your life within the trust of God.
Vindication or
justification or proving that you are in the right, is a prerogative that
belongs to God.
You can neither earn nor
deserve vindication.
However, where truth
exists then God will always without fail, support it.
Without truth you have no
integrity. Without integrity you have no justification for the content of your
life.
Vindication is dependent
on truth. Therefore, if you expect any kind of good evaluation of yourself,
then you must learn Bible doctrine. And not only learn it, but incorporate it
in your daily life.
