Psa 26:1-3, Vindicate me, O LORD, For I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the LORD; I shall not slip. Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart. For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth.
David is not saying that he is perfect, but that he has conducted himself in Godly manner; trying to walk in HIS truth; Not just externally, but also in his heart!
2Co 1:12, FOR OUR BOASTING IS THIS: the testimony of our conscience THAT WE CONDUCTED OURSELVES IN THE WORLD IN SIMPLICITY AND GODLY SINCERITY, NOT WITH FLESHLY WISDOM BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD, AND MORE ABUNDANTLY TOWARD YOU.
It is a good thing if we examine our ways, what we do, what we say, how we represent CHRIST to others not in the faith! REMEMBER, WE REPRESENT HIM; WE ARE HIS AMBASSADORS!
Gal 6:4, BUT LET EACH ONE EXAMINE HIS OWN WORK, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
Psa 26:4-5, I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, Nor will I go in with hypocrites. I have hated the assembly of evildoers, And will not sit with the wicked.
WHO DO YOU HANG AROUND WITH? WHO DO YOU CALL FRIENDS?
1Co 15:33, DO NOT BE DECEIVED: “EVIL COMPANY CORRUPTS GOOD HABITS.”
Psa 26:6-7, I will wash my hands in innocence; So I will go about Your altar, O LORD, That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, AND TELL OF ALL YOUR WONDROUS WORKS.
This fallen world needs to hear your testimony. How GOD worked in your life; How HE saved you from your sins! YET, IN THE COMPANY OF FOOLS YOU HAVE NO TESTIMONY AND LOST CREDIBILITY!
Pro 13:20, HE WHO WALKS WITH WISE MEN WILL BE WISE, BUT THE COMPANION OF FOOLS WILL BE DESTROYED.