Psalm 26: 1 NASB: Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity,
And I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
VINDICATE from Hebrew shaphat: pronounce sentence on me (favorably), prove me correct, support me, justify me.
Psalm 26 was probably written when Saul and his men were chasing him around the wilderness, seeking to murder him, and slandering him to everybody who would listen while they were at it. Vindication might not mean as much to us if we weren't standing in a courtroom. Or reading an audit from the IRS. Or running from an angry lynch mob, as the young David also was.
But there are times when vindication will be the most important thing in our lives...
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