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I will wash my hands[a] in innocence(A)
    so that I may process around your altar, Lord,
To hear the sound of thanksgiving,
    and recount all your wondrous deeds.
Lord, I love the refuge of your house,
    the site of the dwelling-place of your glory.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 26:6 I will wash my hands: the washing of hands was a liturgical act (Ex 30:19, 21; 40:31–32), symbolic of inner as well as outer cleanness, cf. Is 1:16.

I wash my hands in innocence,(A)
    and go about your altar, Lord,
proclaiming aloud your praise(B)
    and telling of all your wonderful deeds.(C)

Lord, I love(D) the house where you live,
    the place where your glory dwells.(E)

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