Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Ps 50:6

“To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: that thou mayst be justified in thy words and mayst overcome when thou art judged.”

“thou shalt make, &c.--may be taken to express God's gracious purpose in view of His strict requisition; a purpose of which David might have availed himself as a check to his native love for sin, and, in not doing so, aggravated his guilt. truth . . . and . . .wisdom--are terms often used for piety (compare Job 28:28; Psa 119:30).”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.