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Psalms 26:6

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I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, LORD,

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Verse 6. Round. Hebrew “my enemies around.” But the Septuagint understand it of David, (Bert.) or of the priest, who poured the blood of the victims on different sides of the altar. Bible.—Jubilation: singing and music, which are styled the fruit, or calves of the lips. Isaiah 57:19. Os. 14:3. Calmet.—David diligently recounted God’s benefits, with all his heart and voice. Worthington.—He offered sacrifices by ministry of the priests, on the altar of holocausts, which was not in, but before, the tabernacle. Menochius.

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