I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah.
The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit.
And I go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, the joy of my rejoicing. And I thank Thee with a harp, O God, my God.
Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,
Simon Peter saith to him, `Sir, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head.'
and all the elders of that city, who are near unto the slain one, do wash their hands over the heifer which is beheaded in the valley,
I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;
(not by works that `are' in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit,