Psalms 73:13
It's been pointless to keep my mind pure and my hands clean.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
In Context
12Look at these wicked people! They don't have a care in the world, and they're always making money!
14I'm cursed with suffering all day long; every morning I'm punished.
Cross References
Job 9:27If I said to myself, ‘I will forget my complaints; I will stop crying and be happy,’
Job 9:31you would toss me into a slime pit so that even my own clothes would hate me!
Job 34:9He's even said, ‘What benefit is there in being God's friend?’
Psalms 24:4Those who have clean hands and pure minds, who don't worship idols, and who don't lie under oath.
Psalms 51:10Create a pure mind in me, God, and make me trustworthy again.
Hebrews 10:19Now we have the confidence, brothers and sisters, to enter the Most Holy Place 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 →