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Psalms 26:6

Psalms 26:6
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

I will wash my hands in innocency,.... The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "among innocent persons"; men of a holy harmless life and conversation; with these he determined to converse in common, and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I will wash mine hands in innocency - The psalmist here refers, as another evidence of his piety, to the fact that it was a ruling purpose of his life to be pure, to worship and serve his Maker in…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 26:6-12

In these verses,

I. David mentions, as further evidence of his integrity, the sincere affection he had to the ordinances of God, the constant care he took about them, and the pleasure he took in them.…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

I will wash mine hands in innocency "As the priests, before they came near to the altar to minister (Exo 30:17-21). What the priest did in symbolical rite, that the priestly people were to do in…