Proclamation:
“Vindicate me, Lord, for I have led a
blameless life; I have trusted in The Lord and have not faltered.” Psalm 26:1 (NIV)
Explanation:
This psalm was written by King David under
the influence of The Holy Spirit of God.
There are four succinct prayers within this psalm. “Vindicate me, Lord …” (Psalm 26:1), “Examine
me, Lord …” (Psalm 26:2), “Do not gather my soul with sinners … (Psalm 26:9),
and “… Redeem me and be merciful to me.” (Psalm 26:11) David is not clamming to be perfect nor that
he has led a sin free life, just that he is innocent of the accusations against
him. Bible scholars believe that this
psalm, like psalm 7 verses 1 to 5, refer to King Saul who wanted to kill David
when he had done nothing wrong. (1 Samuel 18:5-9) Saul accused David of plotting against him.
Application:
There will be time when we will be falsely
accused and we will not have any witnesses to verify our innocence. Those are the times when all that we can do
is trust in The Lord God to vindicate us.
Some people have to put others down so that they can look good. They will lie and present false witness
against us so that they appear good by comparison. Those are people that we have to pray for and
we will be blessed for not doing unto them as they did to us. (Matthew 5:11 and
Luke 6:27-28) Just as David said, we do
not want to be included in that group of people who falsely accuse and intentionally
do wrong to their fellow men. (Psalm 26:4-5 and 9-12) Let us pray to The Lord to help us to walk,
talk, and behave in a Christ-like manner, especially when those around us are
doing otherwise.
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