Psalms 73:13
Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
In Context
12Behold, these are the wicked, and those who always prosper. They have possessed wealth.
14for all the day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Cross References
Job 9:27If I say, I will forget my complaint. I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer,
Job 9:31yet thou will plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall abhor me.
Job 34:9For thou should not say, There shall be no visitation to a man, [whereas] visitation [is] to him from LORD.
Psalms 24:4He who has clean hands, and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.
Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Hebrews 10:19Having therefore, brothers, boldness for entrance into the holy things by the blood of Jesus,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 73:2-15
God's Goodness to His People; Unsanctified Prosperity. 1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. 5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. 7… Read the whole commentary →