I maintain a pure lifestyle, ¹  so I can appear before your altar, ²  O Lord,

biblegateway Psa 26:6

I shall wash my hands in innocence, And I will go about Your altar, O LORD,

I wash my hands in innocence and go around Your altar, LORD,

I will wash my hands in innocence. I will walk around your altar, O LORD,

biblegateway Psa 26:6

I wash my hands in innocence, and go about your altar, O LORD,

I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O LORD,

bibleoremus Psa 26:6

I wash my hands in innocence, and go around your altar, O LORD,

I wash my hands free from guilt to go in procession round your altar, LORD,

biblegateway Psa 26:6

I will wash my hands in innocence; So I will go about Your altar, O LORD,

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

biblegateway Psa 26:6

I maintain a pure lifestyle, ¹  so I can appear before your altar, ²  O Lord,

¹ tn Heb “I wash my hands in innocence.” The psalmist uses an image from cultic ritual to picture his moral lifestyle. The imperfect verbal emphasizes that this is his habit.

² tn Heb “so I can go around your altar” (probably in ritual procession). Following the imperfect of the preceding line, the cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose or result.