4/18/2024 0 Comments Clean hands pure heart book![]() ![]() The idea here is, that he has not affirmed under the solemnities of an oath, that which was false and that he has not, under similar solemnities, promised what he has not performed. Nor sworn deceitfully - This is one form of that which had been just specified - his love of truth. He is in no sense “carried away” with that which is unreal and false. He aims to secure that which is true and real. He has sought after substantial truth, alike in the object of worship, in that which he professes to believe, and in the statements and promises which he makes to others. The probable meaning is, that he has not set his heart on vain things, or that which is false. Who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity - Unto that which is “vain,” or which is “false.” This expression might refer to one who had not devoted himself to the worship of an idol - regarded as vain, or as nothing 1 Corinthians 8:6 Isaiah 41:24 Psalms 115:4-8 or to one who had not embraced that which is false and vain in opinion or to one who had not sworn falsely, or taken the name of God in vain, Exodus 20:7. The great principle is here stated which enters always into true religion, that it does not consist in outward conformity to law, or to the mere performance of rites and ceremonies, or to external morality, but that it controls the heart, and produces purity of motive and of thought. The margin here, as the Hebrew, is “the clean of hands.”Īnd a pure heart - Not merely the one whose external conduct is upright, but whose heart is pure. The “hands” are the instruments by which we accomplish anything and hence, to have clean hands is equivalent to being upright. The meaning is, that he who would be recognized as a friend and worshipper of Yahweh must be an upright man a person not living in the practice of iniquity, but striving always to do that which is right. He that hath clean hands - In the parallel passage in Psalms 15:2, the answer to the question is, “He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness.” The sentiment is substantially the same there as in the passage before us. Whatever meaning the song may have had to the Israelites of Old Testament times, it will have added meaning if it is sung at the king of glory’s greater victory procession that is yet to come (cf. They receive the reply that he is Yahweh, the almighty God of Israel who gave the nation victory over its enemies (8-10). The gatekeepers challenge the right of the procession to enter, by asking the identity of this king of glory. Such are God’s true people, and God will defend them against their opponents (5-6).Īt the gate of the city the procession stops and demands entrance in the name of the king of glory (7). This was probably the occasion on which Psalms 24:0 was first sung.Īs the procession approaches the hill of the Lord (Jerusalem), a question is asked: who is able to enter the presence of the almighty Creator, Yahweh, the holy God of Israel (1-3)? The answer comes back: only those who have ‘clean hands’ in all their dealings with others and pure hearts in their loyalty to God (4 cf. One of the greatest days of his life, therefore, was the day on which he brought the ark into Jerusalem ( 1 Samuel 7:1-2 2 Samuel 6:12-19 2 Samuel 6:12-19). ![]() David set about correcting this state of affairs by restoring the ark, symbol of God’s presence, to its rightful place at the centre of the nation’s religious life. During his reign the ark of the covenant (or covenant box) remained in a country house in Kiriath-jearim. Saul had taken little interest in the religious life of Israel. ![]()
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