Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Psalms 26:6
altar. No need to suppose this to refer to the Temple or later period than David. The altars of burnt offering and incense were in use from the time of the Exodus.
altar. No need to suppose this to refer to the Temple or later period than David. The altars of burnt offering and incense were in use from the time of the Exodus.
Verse Psalms 26:6. _I WILL WASH MINE HANDS IN INNOCENCY_] Washing the hands was frequent among the Jews, and was sometimes an action by which a man declared his innocence of any base or wicked transa...
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 purpose of his life to be pure, to worship and serve his Maker in pur...
Psalms 26 An Appeal on Account of Righteousness _ 1. Pleading integrity (Psalms 26:1)_ 2. Separated unto the Lord (Psalms 26:6) 3. Be gracious unto Me ...
XXVI. A persecuted man protests his absolute innocence, his avoidance of unfaithful Jews, his joy in the Temple service. The claim to innocence is repugnant to Christian feeling, scarcely less so than...
The proof of his integrity in his conduct in the past, and his purpose for the future....
_I will wash mine hands in innocency_ "As the priests, before they came near to the altar to minister (Exodus 30:17-21). What the priest did in symbolical rite, that the priestly people were to do in...
I WILL WASH MINE HANDS IN INNOCENCY— It was a common custom among all the Jews to wash before prayers; but the priests in particular were not to perform any sacred office in the sanctuary till they ha...
PSALMS 26 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE An Ideal Levite's Prayer for Vindication by the Prolongation of his Life. ANALYSIS An introductory Petition, ver. la, is sustained by six stanzas of protestations and pr...
_I WILL WASH MINE HANDS IN INNOCENCY: SO WILL I COMPASS THINE ALTAR, O LORD:_ Wash ... hands - in allusion to Deuteronomy 21:6, where is described the custom of washing the hands over a slain heifer,...
WASH MINE HANDS] a figure perhaps taken from the practice of the priests (Exodus 30:17), or of the city elders (Deuteronomy 21:6;): Cp. Matthew 27:4. COMPASS THINE ALTAR] as the worshippers in the Tem...
This Ps. appears to belong to a later age than David's, when the Temple (Psalms 26:8), with its altar (Psalms 26:6), and its public assemblies for worship (Psalms 26:12), was a familiar institution. T...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
_(_6_)_ I WILL WASH. — First a symbolical action (Deuteronomy 21:6 _seq.;_ Matthew 27:24), then a figure of speech (Job 9:30; Ezekiel
אֶרְחַ֣ץ בְּ נִקָּיֹ֣ון כַּפָּ֑י וַ אֲסֹבְבָ֖ה...
Psalms 26:1 THE image of "the way" which is characteristic of Psalms 25:1 reappears in a modified form in this psalm, which speaks of "walking in integrity" and truth and of "feet standing in an even...
A DECLARATION OF LOYALTY TO GOD Psalms 26:1 In some respects this psalm resembles the previous one, only, instead of entreaties for forgiveness, there are protestations of innocence. It may have been...
The central word of the song may be said to be, “So will I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah” (v.. Psa 26:6). On either side conditions of worship are described. First the conditions of personal life nec...
I will (e) wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: (e) I will serve you with a pure affection, and with the godly that sacrifice to you....
Round. Hebrew, "my enemies around." But the Septuagint understand it of David, (Berthier) or of the priest, who poured the blood of the victims on different sides of the altar. (Haydock) --- Jubilatio...
How beautiful to view Christ as our holy, harmless, undefiled High Priest, at the altar. Help me, O Lord, to wash my polluted hands and heart in thy blood....
Psalms 24 _ Proper Psalm for Ascension Day_ (_Evening_). PSALMS 24-26 = _ Day 5_ (_Morning_)....
6._I will wash my hands in purity. _Referring, in these words, to the ordinary use of the sacrifices, he makes a distinction between himself and those who professed to offer the same divine worship, a...
Psalms 26 is especially the pleading of integrity and trust in Jehovah. Having trusted Him, the godly would surely not slide. He invites Jehovah to search his inmost heart, as Peter did even though fa...
I WILL WASH MY HANDS IN INNOCENCY,.... The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "among innocent persons"; men of a holy harmless life and conversation; with these he determined to converse in common, and...
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: Ver. 6. _I will wash mine hands in innocency_] As Exodus 40:32 1 Timothy 2:8; see Deu 21:6 Isaiah 1:15...
_I will wash my hands in innocency_ “It was a common custom among all the Jews to wash before prayers; but the priests, in particular, were not to perform any sacred office in the sanctuary till they...
I will wash mine hands in innocency, the words referring to a symbolical act, declaring a person to be clean of vile and godless conduct, also to the act of priests who were obliged to wash themselves...
PRAYER OF ONE PERSECUTED WITHOUT CAUSE. A psalm of David, who probably composed this hymn when he himself was suffering persecution, being obliged to flee before Absalom. The contents of this psalm,...
IN INNOCENCY, or, _with integrity_, or with a pure heart and conscience. I will not do as my hypocritical enemies do, who content themselves with those outward washings of their hands or bodies prescr...
Psalms 26:6 wash H7364 (H8799) hands H3709 innocence H5356 about H5437 (H8779) altar H4196 LORD H3068 w
I will wash my hands in innocency, So will I compass your altar, O YHWH. Furthermore when he comes to stand around the altar with those who offer sacrifices, he prepares himself by making himself ‘in...
No doubt this Psalm was written by David when his cruel persecutor Saul, the more effectually to stab at him, spread false reports concerning his character. When the wicked can use no other weapons, t...
CONTENTS: David prays for vindication and deliverance and pledges faithfulness. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: It is a great comfort to those who have a clear conscience toward God that He is a...
REFLECTIONS. This Psalm is David's appeal to heaven, under the unjust and injurious imputations of Saul and his court. _Judge me, oh Lord, for I have walked in mine integrity,_ with loyalty towards my...
_I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass Thine altar, O Lord._ PURITY OF HEART AND LIFE I. What this resolution implies. 1. All apprehension of the holiness of God. 2. The condition...
_Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity._ LEADING PROOFS OF PERSONAL PIETY I. A strong craving for a knowledge of the real state of the character. “Judge me, O Lord.” Implying-- 1. A...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 26:1. This psalm may be part of an entrance liturgy by which pilgrims came into the sanctuary. If this is the case, the psalm shows those who attend worship what qualities t...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 26:4 The faithful covenant participant refuses to join with the unfaithful (HYPOCRITES, EVILDOERS, WICKED) in their crooked schemes. He rejects their values (see
INTRODUCTION The date of this psalm is uncertain. It is supposed by some to refer to the assassination of Ishbosheth (2 Samuel 4:5); and by others to the rebellion of Absalom (2 Samuel 15:18); but it...
EXPOSITION DAVID, about to sacrifice at God's altar, protests his integrity, but still prays for God's protection (Psalms 26:9) and for his redeeming mercy (Psalms 26:11). The psalm has all the notes...
In Psalms 26:1-12, another psalm of David. The first is, Judge me, O LORD; I have walked in my integrity (Psalms 26:1): The second: Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my mind and my heart. For th...
1 Corinthians 11:28; 1 Corinthians 11:29; 1 Timothy 2:8; Exodus 30:19;...
Compass — Approach to thine altar with my sacrifices: which I could not do with any comfort, if I were conscious of those crimes, whereof mine enemies accuse me....