Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
And who shall stand in his holy place?
Those who have clean hands and pure hearts,
who do not lift up their souls to what is false,
and do not swear deceitfully.
They will receive blessing from the Lord,
and vindication from the God of their salvation.
In any spiritual sense I do not have clean hands or a pure heart.
The original Hebrew, however, offers a bit of hope.
Clean -- נָקִי or naqiy -- also means unpunished.
Pure -- בָּר or bar -- can also mean unpunishing.
I hear a bit of forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Psalm 24
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