Psalms 26:6
He has exalted me upon the rock, and now he has exalted my head above my enemies. I have circled around and offered a sacrifice of loud exclamation in his tabernacle. I will sing, and I will compose a psalm, to the Lord.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
In Context
7Hear my voice, O Lord, with which I have cried out to you. Have mercy on me, and hear me.
Cross References
Exodus 30:19Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and feet in it:
Psalms 24:4May all those who act unjustly over nothing be confounded. O Lord, demonstrate your ways to me, and teach me your paths.
Psalms 73:13In your virtue, you confirmed the sea. You crushed the heads of the serpents in the waters.
Malachi 2:11Judah has transgressed, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has contaminated the sanctified of the Lord, which he loved, and has held the daughter of a strange god.
John 13:9Simon Peter said to him, “Then Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!”
1 Timothy 2:8Therefore, I want men to pray in every place, lifting up pure hands, without anger or dissension.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 26:2-6
Devout Appeals. 1 Judge me, O Lord ; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord ; therefore I shall not slide. 2 Examine me, O Lord , and prove me; try my reins and my heart. 3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. 4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. 5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. It is probable that David penned this psalm when he was persecuted by Saul and his… Read the whole commentary →