Mazmur 26:6

26:6 I maintain a pure lifestyle, ¹ 

so I can appear before your altar, ²  O Lord,

Mazmur 26:1

Psalm 26 ³ 

By David.

26:1 Vindicate me, O Lord,

for I have integrity, ⁴ 

and I trust in the Lord without wavering.

Titus 2:8

2:8 and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, ⁵  because he has nothing evil to say about us.

[26:6]  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.

[26:6]  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.

[26:1]  ³ sn Psalm 26. The author invites the Lord to test his integrity, asserts his innocence and declares his loyalty to God.

[26:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “for I in my integrity walk.”

[2:8]  ⁵ tn Or “put to shame.”