Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 4. He that hath clean hands ] He whose conscience is irreproachable; whose heart is without deceit and uninfluenced by unholy passions.
Who hath not lifted up his soul ] Who has no idolatrous inclination; whose faith is pure, and who conscientiously fulfils his promises and engagements.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-6 - We ourselves are not our own; our bodies, our souls, are not. Eve those of the children of men are God's, who know him not, nor own their relation to him. A soul that knows and considers its own nature, an that it must live for ever, when it has viewed the earth and the fulness thereof, will sit down unsatisfied. It will think of ascendin toward God, and will ask, What shall I do, that I may abide in tha happy, holy place, where he makes his people holy and happy? We make nothing of religion, if we do not make heart-work of it. We can only be cleansed from our sins, and renewed unto holiness, by the blood of Christ and the washing of the Holy Ghost. Thus we become his people thus we receive blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of our salvation. God's peculiar people shall be made truly and for ever happy. Where God gives righteousness, he designs salvation. Thos that are made meet for heaven, shall be brought safe to heaven, an will find what they have been seeking.
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