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Psalms 26:6
6I will wash my hands in innocence, so I can walk around Your altar, Adonai,
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,
- English Standard Version (ESV)I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O Lord,
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will wash my hands in innocence; So I will go about Your altar, O Lord,
Context of Psalms 26:6
4I have not sat with men of falsehood, nor do I consort with hypocrites. 5I detest the company of evildoers, and do not sit with the wicked. I will wash my hands in innocence, so I can walk around Your altar, Adonai, 7hearing the voice of thanksgiving while proclaiming all Your wonders. 8Adonai, I love the House where You live, 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 26:6
- Psalms 24:4One with clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully.
- Psalms 73:13Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure, and washed my hands in innocence.
- Exodus 30:19Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and their feet there.
- Isaiah 1:16“Wash and make yourselves clean. Put away the evil of your deeds from before My eyes. Cease to do evil.
- Hebrews 10:19Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have boldness to enter into the Holies by the blood of Yeshua.
- Psalms 43:4Then I will come to the altar of God, to the God of my exceeding joy, and praise You upon the harp —O God, my God.
- Malachi 2:11Judah has dealt treacherously, an abomination done in Israel, even in Jerusalem! For Judah has defiled Adonai’s Sanctuary, which He loves, and married the daughter of a foreign god.
- Matthew 5:23“Therefore if you are presenting your offering upon the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,
- 1 Corinthians 11:28But a man must examine himself, and then let him eat of the bread and drink from the cup.
- 1 Timothy 2:8So I desire all men to pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without anger and argument.
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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