6. I will wash mine hands in innocency. He would
publicly avow himself to be altogether clear of the accusations laid against
him, and if any fault in other matters could be truthfully alleged against him,
he would for the future abstain from it. The washing of the hands is an action
demonstrating our having no connection with a deed. As to perfect innocence,
David does not here claim it, but he avows his innocence of the crimes he was
slanderously accused of; there is however a sense in which we may be washed in
absolute innocence, for the atoning blood makes us clean every whit. We ought
never to rest satisfied short of a full persuasion of our complete cleansing by
Jesus’ precious blood. So will I compass thine altar, O Lord. Priests of God must take great
care to be personally cleansed; God’s worship requires us to be holy in life.
Holy minds delight in the worship of the Lord, and it is their deepest concern
never to enter on any course of action which would unfit them for the most
sacred communion with God. Our eye must be on the altar which sanctifies both
the giver and the gift; yet we must never draw from the atoning sacrifice an
excuse for sin, but rather find in it a most convincing argument for holiness.
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