English Standard Version
Psalms 26:6
6I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O Lord,
Psalms 26:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:
- New International Version (NIV)I wash my hands in innocence, and go about your altar, Lord,
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will wash my hands in innocence; So I will go about Your altar, O Lord,
- New Living Translation (NLT)I wash my hands to declare my innocence. I come to your altar, O Lord,
Context of Psalms 26:6
4I do not sit with men of falsehood, nor do I consort with hypocrites. 5I hate the assembly of evildoers, and I will not sit with the wicked. I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O Lord, 7proclaiming thanksgiving aloud, and telling all your wondrous deeds. 8O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.
Read all of Psalms 26Psalms 26:6 word by word
אֶרְחַ֣ץ בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן כַּפָּ֑י וַאֲסֹבְבָ֖ה אֶת־מִזְבַּחֲךָ֣ יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 26:6
- Psalms 24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.
- Psalms 73:13All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.
- Exodus 30:19with which Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet.
- Isaiah 1:16Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil,
- Hebrews 10:19Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
- Psalms 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.
- Malachi 2:11Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
- Matthew 5:23So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
- 1 Corinthians 11:28Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
- 1 Timothy 2:8I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;
Commentaries on Psalms 26:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I will wash mine hands in innocency - Washing the hands was frequent among the Jews, and was sometimes an action by which a man declared his innocence of any base or wicked transaction. This Pilate did, to protest his innocence of the mal-treatment and death of Christ. I will maintain that innocence of life in which I have hitherto walked; and take care that nothing shall be found in my heart or life that would prevent me from using the most holy…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6I will wash mine hands in innocency - The psalmist here refers, as another evidence of his piety, to the fact that it was a ruling purpose of his life to be pure, to worship and serve his Maker in purity. He had stated that he had no sympathy with the wicked, and that he did not make them his companions; he now states what his preferences were, and where his heart was to be found. He had loved, and he still loved the worship of God; he delighted in the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Ritual purity required the worshiper to wash their hands. This act symbolized separating from evil and evildoers (see Psalm 73:13). The altar symbolizes God's presence (Psalm 43:4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-84-8. As exemplified by the fruits of divine grace, presented in his life, especially in his avoiding the wicked and his purposes of cleaving to God's worship.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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