Psalms 26:6
I wash my hands in innocence, || And I go around Your altar, O YHWH.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
In Context
5I have hated the assembly of evildoers, || And I do not sit with the wicked.
7To sound with a voice of confession, || And to recount all Your wonders.
Cross References
Exodus 30:19and Aaron and his sons have washed their hands and their feet from it;
Psalms 24:4The clean of hands, and pure of heart, || Who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, || Nor has sworn to deceit.
Psalms 73:13Only—a vain thing! I have purified my heart, || And I wash my hands in innocence,
Malachi 2:11Judah has dealt treacherously, || And abomination has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem, || For Judah has defiled the holy thing of YHWH that He has loved, || And has married the daughter of a strange god.
John 13:9Simon Peter says to Him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head.”
1 Timothy 2:8I intend, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, apart from anger and deliberation;
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 →