Psalms 24:4

The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, ¹  who does not lie, ²  or make promises with no intention of keeping them. ³ 

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood And has not sworn deceitfully.

Only those whose hands and hearts are pure, who do not worship idols and never tell lies.

Only the clean-handed, only the pure-hearted; Men who won't cheat, women who won't seduce.

He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.

Those who have clean hands and pure hearts, who do not lift up their souls to what is false, and do not swear deceitfully.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully.

The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, ¹  who does not lie, ²  or make promises with no intention of keeping them. ³ 

¹ tn Heb “the innocent of hands and the pure of heart.” The “hands” allude to one’s actions, the “heart” to one’s thought life and motives.

² tn Heb “who does not lift up for emptiness my life.” The first person pronoun on נַפְשִׁי (nafshiy, “my life”) makes little sense here; many medieval Hebrew mss support the ancient versions in reading a third person pronoun “his.” The idiom “lift the life” here means to “long for” or “desire strongly.” In this context (note the reference to an oath in the following line) “emptiness” probably refers to speech (see Ps 12:2).

³ tn Heb “and does not swear an oath deceitfully.”