Psalms 73:13
And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
In Context
12Behold these are sinners; and yet abounding in the world they have obtained riches.
14And I have been scourged all the day; and my chastisement hath been in the mornings.
Cross References
Job 9:27If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow.
Job 9:31Yet thou shalt plunge me in filth, and my garments shall abhor me,
Job 34:9For he hath said : Man shall not please God, although he run with him.
Psalms 24:4The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.
Psalms 51:10To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
Hebrews 10:19Having therefore, brethren, a confidence in the entering into the holies by the blood of Christ;
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 →