Contemplative Bible Reading

Psalms 24:3-4 (American Standard Version)

³ Who shall ascend into the hill of Jehovah? And who shall stand in his holy place?

⁴ He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully.

Today I am looking at the American Standard Version for a little more poetry in the wording. I am struck by the image of a person with clean hands, and then there is the interior of a clean heart. Who can stand on the high place with Jehovah, the LORD? Only a person who is clean.

Me? Not clean. Well, not on my own. The blood of Jesus washed me, so now I am clean. Now I can stand on the high place with Jehovah.

That is amazing. It sounds simple and, I guess on the surface, it is simple. Yet, it is beyond understanding.