Psalms 73:13
Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
In Context
12Behold, such are the wicked; and they that are always at ease increase riches.
14For all the day have I been plagued, and my chastisement came 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 wilt Thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Job 34:9For he hath said: 'It profiteth a man nothing that he should be in accord with God.'
Psalms 24:4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not taken My name in vain, and hath not sworn deceitfully.
Psalms 51:10(51-12) Create me a clean heart, O God; and renew a stedfast spirit within me.
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 →