Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
The verse is a prayer asking the Lord to judge the speaker on the ground that he has walked in integrity and trusted in the Lord, and that trust gives confidence that he will not fall or be shaken. It belongs to the first book of Psalms, which supplies words suited to every kind of human experience and helps people in discouragement, trial, and grief. It begins with a sense of need and appeal and ends with triumph and confidence in God, showing a movement from appeal to assurance.
It is the appeal of a wronged and slandered person for the Lord's judgment because of integrity and trust in him. It expresses confidence that God knows the person truly and will vindicate her, longing for Christ to come and judge her in trust that he will not let her be put to shame. It records David's profession that he had walked in integrity and trusted in the Lord before his fall. After his fall he no longer made this claim but instead pleaded for God's loving-kindness and tender mercies to blot out his transgressions, seeing uncleanness in himself and mercy in God.
The psalm is associated with the Babylonian captivity, especially its later period under Belshazzar, when Jewish captives faced severe persecution and distress. It belongs to a collection expressing their affliction together with encouragement, assurance of divine help, and hope of final deliverance.
The verse is a prayer asking the Lord to judge the speaker on the ground that he has walked in integrity and trusted in the Lord, and that trust gives confidence that he will not fall or be shaken. It belongs to the first book of Psalms, which supplies words suited to every kind of human experience and helps people in discouragement, trial, and grief. It begins with a sense of need and appeal and ends with triumph and confidence in God, showing a movement from appeal to assurance.
It is the appeal of a wronged and slandered person for the Lord's judgment because of integrity and trust in him. It expresses confidence that God knows the person truly and will vindicate her, longing for Christ to come and judge her in trust that he will not let her be put to shame. It records David's profession that he had walked in integrity and trusted in the Lord before his fall. After his fall he no longer made this claim but instead pleaded for God's loving-kindness and tender mercies to blot out his transgressions, seeing uncleanness in himself and mercy in God.
The psalm is associated with the Babylonian captivity, especially its later period under Belshazzar, when Jewish captives faced severe persecution and distress. It belongs to a collection expressing their affliction together with encouragement, assurance of divine help, and hope of final deliverance.