Daniel 1-5 and Psalm 143

It took me to minutes, in two settings, to read the first 5 chapters. The goal for today was Daniel 1-3, but I mistook the 3 for a 5. It took a couple minutes to read the psalm.
Daniel's story begins with an act of faith; refusing to be defiled by unclean food. That was not an act of rebellion against the government of Babylon, it was a desire to follow God's law. This righteous desire was rewarded with insight; God revealed to Daniel a plan to show that eating according to God's law would produce visible evidence of God's actions. God always recognizes actions moticated by faith.
In verse 2 for the psalm David does more than plead for the Judge's mercy. He asked that he never be taken to trial. For no one can be found acceptable in God's sight.
Stuart