Psalms 26:3

“For thy lovingkindness [is] before mine eyes, etc.] The special lovingkindness of God, shown in the choice of him in Christ, in the provision of a Saviour for him, and in the effectual calling of him; which lovingkindness is unmerited, free, and sovereign, is from everlasting and to everlasting; it is better than life, excellent beyond expression, and marvellous: and this may be said to be “before [his] eyes”; because it was now in sight; he had a comfortable view of interest in it, and was persuaded nothing should separate him from it; it was upon his heart, shed abroad in it, and he was affected with it; it was in his mind, and in his thoughts, and they were employed about it; he had it in…”

“As often, the ground of prayer for present help is former favor.”

“For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes - Thy favor or friendship is constantly before me, in the sense that it is the object of my desire. I wish to secure it; I long to know whether I have sufficient evidence that it is mine. This is a reason why he desires that God would search him. The favor or the friendship of God was an object of intense desire with him. He had evidence upon which he relied, and which seemed to him to be satisfactory, that God was his friend. But the object was so great, the matter was so important, the danger of self-deception was so imminent, that he did not dare to trust his own judgment, and he prayed that God would search him. The thought here is, that it was…”

“For - I dare appeal to thee, because thou knowest I have a deep sense of thy loving - kindness, by which I have been led to love and obey thee. Psalms 26:4”

“26:3 For God’s truth to become part of one’s character requires a habitual commitment.”

“For: Psa 52:1, Psa 85:10-13; Mat 5:44-48; Luk 6:36; Co2 3:18, Co2 5:14, Co2 5:15, Co2 8:9; Eph 4:32, Eph 5:1, Eph 5:2; Col 3:12, Col 3:13; Jo1 4:7-12, Jo1 4:19-21; Jo3 1:11 and: Psa 25:5, Psa 101:2, Psa 119:142; Kg2 20:3; Isa 2:5, Isa 8:20; Joh 14:6; Eph 4:20-25; Jo1 1:7; Jo2 1:4; Jo3 1:3, Jo3 1:4 Psalms 26:4”