Commentaries

Mizmor 026, Verse 001

לְדָוִ֨ד ׀ שׇׁפְטֵ֤נִי יְהֹוָ֗ה כִּֽי־אֲ֭נִי בְּתֻמִּ֣י הָלַ֑כְתִּי וּבַיהֹוָ֥ה בָּ֝טַ֗חְתִּי לֹ֣א אֶמְעָֽד

Ledovid  shofteini adonai ki-ani besummi holachti uvaihovoh botachti lo em'od

Of David. Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and I trusted in the LORD; I shall not waver.

MIDRASH TEHILLIM

1.....(26.1)
Judge me, O LORD...
But did not David also say - "And do not come to judgment with Your servant..." (Tehillim 143:2)?
The two verses mean that David said to God, Master of the Universe, judge me when You judge the wicked, but do not judge me when You judge the righteous.

Rabbi HIRSCH

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“Judge, o LORD, how far I have advanced in my moral endeavors. Judge whether I am now upon the right path to what is good and right. I have not walked (BETUM), in absolute moral integrity, but merely in (BETUMI) ‘my own' moral integrity as I have understood and endeavored to practice it, mustering all the strength of my being for this purpose. Thus far I have merely let myself be guided by my own good intentions, confident that the LORD would not allow me to stumble.”

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