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Purity Beyond Ritual
Commentators explain that "washing hands in innocency" is a powerful symbol for inner purity. David isn't just performing an external ritual; he is declaring his commitment to approach God with a clean heart and sincere devotion. This stands in contrast to hypocrites who might perform the same actions without a genuine change of heart, reminding believers that God desires sincerity over ceremony.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 26:6
18th Century
Theologian
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
On Psalms 26:6
19th Century
Bishop
( 6 ) I will wash. —First a symbolical action (Deuteronomy 21:6 and following; Matthew 27:24), t…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 26:6
19th Century
Preacher
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…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 26:6
16th Century
Theologian
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
On Psalms 26:6
17th Century
Pastor
I will wash my hands in innocency
The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "among innocent persons"; men of a holy harm…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 26:1–12
17th Century
Minister
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…