Psalms 24:4
The clean of hands, and pure of heart,—who hath not uplifted, to falsehood, his soul, nor sworn deceitfully,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
3Who shall ascend the mountain of Yahweh? And who shall stand in his holy place?
5Shall bear away a blessing from Yahweh, and righteousness, from his delivering God.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:19or lest thou shouldest lift up thine eyes towards the heavens and see the sun and the moon, and the stars—all the host of the heavens, and shouldest be seduced, and shouldest bow thyself down to them and he led to serve them,—the which Yahweh thy God hath assigned unto all the peoples under all the heavens;
Job 17:9That the righteous may hold on his way, and, the clean of hands, increase in strength.
Psalms 18:20Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, he repaid me;
Psalms 26:6I will bathe, in pureness, my hands,—so will I go in procession around thine altar, O Yahweh;
Psalms 51:12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, And, with a willing spirit, wilt thou uphold me:—
Psalms 143:8Let me hear, in the morning, thy lovingkindness, for, in thee, have, I trusted,—Let me know the way in which I should walk, for, unto thee, have I uplifted my soul.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 24:4-7
The Character of True Israelites. 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ? or who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord , and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. From this world, and the fulness thereof, the psalmist's meditations rise, of a sudden to the great… Read the whole commentary →