Sálmarnir 26:11

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11 En ég geng fram í grandvarleik, frelsa mig og líkna mér.

Bible Verse Review
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I will: Psalms 26:1, 1 Samuel 12:2-5, 2 Chronicles 31:20, 2 Chronicles 31:21, Nehemiah 5:15, Job 1:1, Isaiah 38:3, Luke 1:6, 1 Thessalonians 2:10

redeem: Psalms 49:7, Psalms 49:15, Psalms 69:18, Titus 2:14, 1 Peter 1:18, 1 Peter 1:19

and: Psalms 103:3, Psalms 103:4, Psalms 103:7, Psalms 103:8, Nehemiah 13:14, Nehemiah 13:22, Nehemiah 13:31

Reciprocal: Genesis 5:22 - General 1 Kings 9:4 - And if thou Psalms 7:8 - to mine Psalms 25:21 - General Psalms 44:26 - redeem Psalms 69:16 - turn Proverbs 10:9 - that walketh Proverbs 20:7 - just Proverbs 28:18 - walketh

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity,.... In which he had hitherto walked, Psalms 26:1; or it may express his faith, that after he was gathered by death he should walk in uprightness and righteousness, in purity and perfection, with Christ in white, and behold the face of God in righteousness; see Isaiah 57:1;

redeem me; from the vain conversation of the wicked, from all troubles, and out of the hands of all enemies;

and be merciful unto me; who was now in distress, being persecuted by Saul, and at a distance from the house of God: this shows that mercy is the source and spring of redemption, both temporal and spiritual; and that the psalmist did not trust in and depend upon his present upright walk and conversation, but in redemption by Christ, and upon the mercy of God in Christ.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But as for me - The Hebrew is, “and I.” But there is evidently a contrast between what he purposed to do, and the course of life pursued by those to whom he had just referred; and this is correctly expressed in our translation, “But as for me.” It is a statement of his profession of piety, and of his purpose to lead a religious life. He “meant” - he solemnly “purposed” - to lead a holy life.

I will walk - I will live a life of integrity. See the notes at Psalms 1:1.

In mine integrity - Hebrew, in my “perfection.” See Psalms 7:8, note; Job 1:1, note. The idea is that he intended to live a life of uprightness.

Redeem me - From sin; from trouble; from death. The word “redeem” here implies that he did not claim to be “perfect” in the most absolute sense, even when he expressed his purpose to lead a life of integrity. He felt still that he was a sinner, and that he was dependent on redeeming mercy for salvation. On the word “redeem,” see Psalms 25:22, note; Isaiah 29:22, note. Compare the notes at Isaiah 43:3.

And be merciful to me - In connection with redemption. The prayer for mercy is always an acknowledgment of guilt, and the plea here shows that with all his purposes of holy living, and notwithstanding all that he had referred to in the psalm as evidence of uprightness of intention and integrity of life, he still felt that he was a sinner, and that his only hope was in the mercy of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 26:11. But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity — Whatever I may have to do with public affairs, shall be done with the strictest attention to truth, justice, and mercy.

Redeem me — From all snares and plots laid against my life and my soul.

And be merciful unto me. — I deserve no good, but thou art merciful; deal with me ever in thy mercy.