시편 73:13
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Context
This verse from 시편 Chapter 73 connects to 10 cross-references. 아삽의 지혜 시편으로 악인의 번영을 보다가 하마터면 넘어질 뻔했다고 솔직하게 고백한다. 교만한 자들이 아무 고통 없이 살찌는 것을 보며 자신의 결백이 무의미한가 의심했지만 성소에 들어가 그들의 결말을 깨달으며 회복된다. 하나님과 가까이 있음이 내 복이라는 고백으로 끝난다.
다른 번역본
Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;
Only--a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,
As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;
상호 참조
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed …
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn …
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, …
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,