Vindicate Me, O LORD
Psalms 26:6
In 11 translations
- BSB
- I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
- KJV
- I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
- WEB
- I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, Yahweh,
- ASV
- I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;
- LSV
- I wash my hands in innocence, || And I go around Your altar, O YHWH.
- YLT
- I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah.
- DBY
- I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah,
- DRC25:6
- I will wash my hands among the innocent; and will compass thy altar, O Lord:
- GNV
- I will wash mine handes in innocencie, O Lord, and compasse thine altar,
- JPS
- I will wash my hands in innocency; so will I compass Thine altar, O LORD,
- LXXE25:6
- I will wash my hands in innocency, and compass thine altar, O Lord:Gr. innocent things.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- אֶרְחַ֣ץ בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן כַּפָּ֑י וַאֲסֹבְבָ֖ה אֶת־מִזְבַּחֲךָ֣ יְהוָֽה׃
- LXX-Br25:6
- Νίψομαι ἐν ἀθώοις τὰς χεῖράς μου, καὶ κυκλώσω τὸ θυσιαστήριόν σου, Κύριε·
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
AblutionPurificationInnocencyInnocence; Innocency; InnocentWashingArabiaHandPurifications or BaptismsTestimonyWorship
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 73:13Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
- Isaiah 1:16–18Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.” “Come now, let us…
- Titus 3:5He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
- Exodus 30:19–20with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet. Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting an offering made by fire to the LORD, they must wash with water so…
- Psalms 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
- Malachi 2:11–13Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. As for the man who does this, may the…
- 1 Corinthians 11:28–29Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.
- Psalms 24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
- 1 Timothy 2:8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
- Hebrews 10:19–22Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body, and since we have a great priest over the house…
- Matthew 5:23–24So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 25:6 in some Bibles
- 26:6 in most Bibles