¹ tn Heb “I wash my hands in innocence.” The psalmist uses an image from cultic ritual to picture his moral lifestyle. The imperfect verbal emphasizes that this is his habit.

² tn Heb “so I can go around your altar” (probably in ritual procession). Following the imperfect of the preceding line, the cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose or result.

³ sn The heart is viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s motives and moral character.

⁴ tn Heb “and a reliable spirit renew in my inner being.”

⁵ tn Heb “He”; the referent (David, God’s chosen king, mentioned in v. 70) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “and he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart.”

⁷ tn Heb “and with the understanding of his hands he led them.”