Psalms 26:6
4 I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
5 I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
7 to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.
8 O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
- KJV
- I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
- WEB
- I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, LORD,
- ASV
- I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;
- DARBY
- I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah,
- BLB
- I wash my hands in innocence, and I go about Your altar, O YHWH,
- ÅB
- Jeg vasker hendene mine i uskyld
og vil gjerne ferdes omkring alteret ditt, Herre, - OTB
- Jeg vil vaske mine hender i uskyld,
Og jeg vil omringe ditt alter, Herre, - B1930
- Jeg tvetter mine hender i uskyld og vil gjerne ferdes om ditt alter, Herre,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 73:13
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:16–18
Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
Read in contextTitus 3:5
He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
Read in contextExodus 30:19–20
with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet.
Read in contextPsalms 43:4
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
Read in context1 Corinthians 11:28–29
Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.
Read in context1 Timothy 2:8
Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
Read in contextHebrews 10:19–22
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
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