Psalms 26:6
I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah.
Young's Literal Translation
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 evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not.
7To sound with a voice of confession, And to recount all Thy wonders.
Cross References
Exodus 30:19and Aaron and his sons have washed at it their hands and their feet,
Psalms 24:4The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit.
Psalms 73:13Only — a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,
Malachi 2:11Dealt treacherously hath Judah, And abomination hath been done in Israel, and in Jerusalem, For polluted hath Judah the holy thing of Jehovah, That He hath loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
John 13:9Simon Peter saith to him, 'Sir, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head.'
1 Timothy 2:8I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;
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 →