Psalms 26:6
I will wash mine handes in innocencie, O Lord, and compasse thine altar,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
In Context
5I haue hated the assemblie of the euill, and haue not companied with the wicked.
7That I may declare with the voyce of thankesgiuing, and set foorth all thy wonderous woorkes.
Cross References
Exodus 30:19For Aaron and his sonnes shall wash their hands and their feete thereat.
Psalms 24:4Euen he that hath innocent handes, and a pure heart: which hath not lift vp his minde vnto vanitie, nor sworne deceitfully.
Psalms 73:13Certainely I haue clensed mine heart in vaine, and washed mine hands in innocencie.
Malachi 2:11Iudah hath transgressed, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Ierusalem: for Iudah hath defiled the holinesse of the Lord, which hee loued, and hath maried the daughter of a strange God.
John 13:9Simon Peter sayd vnto him, Lord, not my feete onely, but also the hands and the head.
1 Timothy 2:8I will therefore that the men pray, euery where lifting vp pure hands without wrath, or douting.
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 →