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He who has innocent handsנְקִי כַפַּיִםand is clean of heart,וּבַר לֵבָבwhoאֲשֶׁרhas notלֹאlifted upנָשָׂאhis soulנַפְשִׁיto falsehood,לַשָּׁוְאand has notוְלֹאswornנִשְׁבַּעwith deceit.לְמִרְמָה
Psalms 24:4
Study it in the app“He who has innocent hands and is clean of heart, who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn with deceit.”
Whoever has innocent hands and a pure heart may go up to God's mountainPurity
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 24:4, word by word
- He who has innocent handsנְקִיneki
innocent
Without guilt: blood of one who did no wrong.
Where else “neki” appears- He who has innocent handsכַפַּיִםchapayim
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “chapayim” appears- and is clean of heartבַרvar
pure, clean
Clean, pure; also clear, bright.
Where else “var” appears- and is clean of heartלֵבָבlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- lifted upנָשָׂאnasa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “nasa” appears- his soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- to falsehoodשָּׁוְאshav
falsehood
Something false, like false testimony.
Where else “shav” appears- swornנִשְׁבַּעnishba
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishba” appears- with deceitמִרְמָהmirma
deceit
Deceit, fraud, treachery.
Where else “mirma” appears
Translation note
“His soul”: the Hebrew tradition has two readings here, “his soul” and “my soul”; with the second, God would be speaking: “the one who has not taken my name in falsehood.”
The context
3Who will go up to the mountain of YHWH? And who will stand in his holy place?
4 · This verse (above)
5He will receive a blessing from YHWH, and righteousness from the Elohim of his salvation.