Mazmur 26:6-8

26:6 I maintain a pure lifestyle, ¹ 

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

26:7 to give you thanks, ³ 

and to tell about all your amazing deeds. ⁴ 

26:8 O Lord, I love the temple where you live, ⁵ 

the place where your splendor is revealed. ⁶ 

[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.

[26:7]  ³ tn Heb “to cause to be heard the sound of thanksgiving.”

[26:7]  ⁴ tn The two infinitival forms (both with prefixed preposition -לְ, lamed) give the purpose for his appearance at the altar.

[26:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “the dwelling of your house.”

[26:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “the place of the abode of your splendor.”