Psalms 73:13
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 73 connects to 10 cross-references. An Asaph wisdom psalm wrestling with the prosperity of the wicked: the psalmist nearly stumbled when he saw the arrogant without trouble and fat with food. Only when he entered the sanctuary of God did he understand their end. The …
Other Translations
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;
Cross References
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed …
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, …
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn …
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil …