Text -- Psalms 26:6 (NET)

26:6 I maintain a pure lifestyle, so I can appear before your altar, O Lord,

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 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.

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.