Fathers

Psalms 26

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Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.

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Psalms 26:6

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"I will wash mine hands amid the innocent" [Psalm 26:6]. I will make clean my works among the innocent: among the innocent will I wash mine hands, with which I shall embrace Thy glorious gifts. "And I will compass Thy altar, O Lord."

On the Psalms, Psalm 26 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Above, the Psalmist showed his innocence by the fact that he separated himself from evil; here, however, he shows it by the fact that he applies himself to good. And because the goods whose application makes us just are divine goods, therefore he speaks of his application to them. Concerning this he does two things. First he sets forth his effort. Second, its effect, at "O Lord, I have loved the beauty of your house." Concerning the first, he does three things. First he proposes his disposition for divine worship. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗