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I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

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 …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

( 6 ) I will wash. —First a symbolical action (Deuteronomy 21:6 and following; Matthew 27:24), t…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

I will wash my hands in innocency:

Pilate did this, but alas! The water in which he washed his hands was very dirty. This was an ol…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

I will wash my hands in purity. Referring, in these words, to the ordinary use of the sacrifices, he makes a distinction between himself a…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

I will wash my hands in innocency
The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "among innocent persons"; men of a holy harm…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

David here, by the Spirit of prophecy, speaks of himself as a type of Christ. What he says here concerning his own spotless innocence was fully and…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

1. Previously, the psalmist offered a prayer against troubles; here, he describes his justice to make his prayer more acceptable.

The …

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