Psalms 73:13
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain; In vain have I washed my hands in innocence.
Noyes Bible
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 ungodly! Yet they are ever prosperous; they heap up riches.
14For every day have I been smitten; Every morn have I been chastened.
Cross References
Job 9:27If I say, I will forget my lamentation, I will change my countenance, and take courage,
Job 9:31Still wilt thou plunge me into the pit, So that my own clothes will abhor me.
Job 34:9For he hath said, “A man hath no advantage, When he delighteth himself in God.”
Psalms 24:4He that hath clean hands and a pure heart; Who hath not inclined his soul to falsehood, Nor sworn deceitfully.
Psalms 51:10Create within me a clean heart, O God! Renew within me a steadfast spirit!
Hebrews 10:19Having therefore, brethren, boldness for entrance into the sanctuary 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 →