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Psalm 73:13 KJV
Psalms · chapter 73 · verse 13
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.Psalm 73:13 · King James Version
Psalm 73:13 in context
11And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
12Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
14For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- cleansedzâkâhto be translucentH2135 →
- washedrâchatsto laveH7364 →
- heartlêbâbthe heartH3824 →
- handskaphthe hollow hand or palmH3709 →
- vainrîyqemptinessH7385 →
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This psalm begins somewhat abruptly: Yet God is good to Israel (so the margin reads it); he had been thinking of the prosperity of the wicked; while he was thus musing the fire burned, and at last he spoke by way of check to himself for what he had been thinking of.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-14