Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I wash my hands in innocence, and go about your altar, LORD, New Living Translation I wash my hands to declare my innocence. I come to your altar, O LORD, English Standard Version I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O LORD, Berean Standard Bible I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD, King James Bible I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: New King James Version I will wash my hands in innocence; So I will go about Your altar, O LORD, New American Standard Bible I will wash my hands in innocence, And I will go around Your altar, LORD, NASB 1995 I shall wash my hands in innocence, And I will go about Your altar, O LORD, NASB 1977 I shall wash my hands in innocence, And I will go about Thine altar, O LORD, Legacy Standard Bible I shall wash my hands in innocence, So I will go around Your altar, O Yahweh, Amplified Bible I will wash my hands in innocence, And I will go about Your altar, O LORD, Christian Standard Bible I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, LORD, Holman Christian Standard Bible I wash my hands in innocence and go around Your altar, LORD, American Standard Version I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah; Contemporary English Version I wash my hands, LORD, to show my innocence, and I worship at your altar, English Revised Version I will wash mine hands in innocency; so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: GOD'S WORD® Translation I will wash my hands in innocence. I will walk around your altar, O LORD, Good News Translation LORD, I wash my hands to show that I am innocent and march in worship around your altar. International Standard Version I wash my hands innocently. I go around your altar, LORD, Majority Standard Bible I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD, NET Bible I maintain a pure lifestyle, so I can appear before your altar, O LORD, New Heart English Bible I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, LORD; Webster's Bible Translation I will wash my hands in innocence: so will I compass thy altar, O LORD: World English Bible I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, Yahweh, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionI wash my hands in innocence, "" And I go around Your altar, O YHWH. Young's Literal Translation I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah. Smith's Literal Translation I will wash my hands in cleanness, and I will surround thine altar, O Jehovah: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleI will wash my hands among the innocent; and will compass thy altar, O Lord: Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible I will wash my hands in innocence so that I may process around your altar, Lord, New Revised Standard Version I wash my hands in innocence, and go around your altar, O LORD, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleI have washed my hands clean, and I have gone around thy altar, O LORD, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated I have washed my hands purely, and I have gone around your altar, LORD JEHOVAH. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917I will wash my hands in innocency; So will I compass Thine altar, O LORD, Brenton Septuagint Translation I will wash my hands in innocency, and compass thine altar, O Lord: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Vindicate Me, O LORD…5I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked. 6I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD, 7to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.… Cross References Exodus 30:19-21 with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet. / Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die. / Thus they are to wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this shall be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.” Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. James 4:8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Isaiah 1:16 Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. Psalm 73:13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands. Matthew 27:24 When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.” 1 Corinthians 6:11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. Revelation 7:14 “Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Leviticus 15:11 If the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands with water, the one who was touched must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening. John 13:8-10 “Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.” / “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!” / Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.” 2 Corinthians 7:1 Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Psalm 51:7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Numbers 8:21 The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them. Ezekiel 36:25 I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. Treasury of Scripture I will wash my hands in innocence: so will I compass your altar, O LORD: wash Psalm 24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. Psalm 73:13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. Exodus 30:19,20 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: … so will Psalm 43:4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. Malachi 2:11-13 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god… Matthew 5:23,24 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; … Jump to Previous Altar Clean Compass Encompass Hands Innocence Innocency Round Sin WashJump to Next Altar Clean Compass Encompass Hands Innocence Innocency Round Sin WashPsalm 26 1. David resorts to God in confidence of his integrityI will wash my hands in innocence The phrase "I will wash my hands in innocence" evokes a powerful image of ritual purity and moral integrity. In the Hebrew context, the act of washing hands symbolizes a declaration of innocence and a commitment to righteousness. The Hebrew word for "innocence" is "naqiy," which conveys the idea of being free from guilt or blameless. This act of washing is not merely physical but represents a spiritual cleansing, aligning with the Levitical practices where priests would wash before approaching the altar (Exodus 30:17-21). Historically, this reflects the importance of purity in worship and the believer's desire to approach God with a clean heart, free from the stain of sin. so that I may go around Your altar, O LORD So will I.--Better, that I may, &c. There is no other reference in Jewish literature to the custom of pacing round the altar, but it was a very natural and obvious addition to a gorgeous ceremonial--like the processions in churches where a high ceremonial is adopted. It is, however, implied from the Talmud that it was part of the ceremonial of the Feast of Tabernacles for people to march round the altar with palms. . . . Verse 6. - I will wash mine hands in innoceney; so will I compass thine altar, O Lord. This seems to be the key-note of the psalm. If not a necessary, it is at any rate a probable, exegesis, that David composed this psalm on an occasion when he was about to offer a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to God for some mercy recently vouchsafed him (ver. 7). Before offering, he feels the necessity of doing spiritually that which the priest' who officiated would have to do ceremonially (Exodus 30:17-21) - to "wash his hands in innocency, and so to go to God's altar." His self-justification from ver. 1 to ver. 5 has had for its object to clear him from guilt.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I washאֶרְחַ֣ץ (’er·ḥaṣ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 7364: To wash, wash off or away, bathe my hands כַּפָּ֑י (kap·pāy) Noun - fdc | first person common singular Strong's 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan in innocence בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן (bə·niq·qā·yō·wn) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5356: Clearness that I may come near וַאֲסֹבְבָ֖ה (wa·’ă·sō·ḇə·ḇāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround Your altar, מִזְבַּחֲךָ֣ (miz·ba·ḥă·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 4196: An altar O LORD, יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links Psalm 26:6 NIVPsalm 26:6 NLT Psalm 26:6 ESV Psalm 26:6 NASB Psalm 26:6 KJV Psalm 26:6 BibleApps.com Psalm 26:6 Biblia Paralela Psalm 26:6 Chinese Bible Psalm 26:6 French Bible Psalm 26:6 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 26:6 I will wash my hands in innocence (Psalm Ps Psa.) |