Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 8. The Lord shall judge the people ] He will execute justice and maintain truth among them. They shall not be as sheep without a shepherd.
Judge me, O Lord ] Let my innocence be brought to the light, and my just dealing made clear as the noonday.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-9 - David flees to God for succour. But Christ alone could call on Heave to attest his uprightness in all things. All His works were wrought in righteousness; and the prince of this world found nothing whereo justly to accuse him. Yet for our sakes, submitting to be charged a guilty, he suffered all evils, but, being innocent, he triumphed ove them all. The plea is, "For the righteous God trieth the hearts and the reins." He knows the secret wickedness of the wicked, and how to brin it to an end; he is witness to the secret sincerity of the just, an has ways of establishing it. When a man has made peace with God abou all his sins, upon the terms of grace and mercy, through the sacrific of the Mediator, he may, in comparison with his enemies, appeal to God's justice to decide.
Original Hebrew יהוה3068 ידין1777 עמים5971 שׁפטני8199 יהוה3068 כצדקי6664 וכתמי8537 עלי׃5921
