Psalms 73:13
Verily in vain have I thus cleansed my heart, and have washed in innocency my hands:
Leeser Tanakh
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 yet prospering continually they increase in wealth.
14While I was afflicted all the day, and my chastisement [came] every morning.
Cross References
Job 9:27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sorrowful countenance, and recover my cheerfulness:
Job 9:31Even then wouldst thou plunge me in the ditch, that my own clothes would render me abhorred.
Job 34:9For he hath said, “It profiteth a man nothing when he acteth according to the pleasure of God.”
Psalms 24:4He that is of clean hands, and pure of heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, and hath not sworn deceitfully:
Psalms 51:10(51:12) Create unto me a clean heart, O God; and a firm spirit renew thou 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 →