Clean Hands

I was reading Psalm 24 this morning. It is one of my favorite psalms. I love the way the words sound and the beauty of the repeated phrases. I was concentrating on verses 3 and 4.
"Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? And who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart."
I looked up the Hebrew meaning for clean hands and found that it meant "unclenched." To have unclenched hands means you're not hiding something.  Unclenched hands are not formed into a fist, ready to stop an incoming blow. I clench  my hands when I'm in pain and am trying to endure it, I am definately not relaxed and at peace. To stand before someone with unclenched hands means:
 1) you have nothing to hide
 2) you are not trying to protect yourself.

Do I stand before God with clean, unclenched hands? I'm going to have to think about that. What a beautiful picture of absolute trust and transparency - unclenched hands.