Psalm 73:13 {72:13}
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And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.

verily

Job 9:27,31 If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow. . . .

Job 21:15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him?

Job 34:9 For he hath said: Man shall not please God, although he run with him.

Job 35:3 For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?

Malachi 3:14 And you have said: What have we spoken against thee? You have said: He laboureth in vain that serveth God, and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked sorrowful before the Lord of hosts?

washed

Psalm 24:4 The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.

Psalm 26:6 I will wash my hands among the innocent; and will compass thy altar, O Lord:

Psalm 51:10 Create a clean heart in me, O God: and renew a right spirit within my bowels.

Hebrews 10:19-22 Having therefore, brethren, a confidence in the entering into the holies by the blood of Christ: . . .

James 4:8 Draw nigh to God: and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Context
Endow the King with Your Justice
12Behold these are sinners; and yet, abounding in the world they have obtained riches. 13And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.14And I have been scourged all the day; and my chastisement hath been in the mornings.…
Cross References
Job 21:15
Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him?

Job 34:9
For he hath said: Man shall not please God, although he run with him.

Job 35:3
For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?

Psalm 26:6
I will wash my hands among the innocent; and will compass thy altar, O Lord:

Lexicon
Surely
אַךְ־ (’aḵ-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

in vain
רִ֭יק (rîq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7385: Emptiness, a worthless thing, in vain

I have kept my heart pure;
זִכִּ֣יתִי (zik·kî·ṯî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2135: To be translucent, to be innocent

in innocence
בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן (bə·niq·qā·yō·wn)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5356: Clearness

I have washed
וָאֶרְחַ֖ץ (wā·’er·ḥaṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7364: To wash, wash off or away, bathe

my hands.
כַּפָּֽי׃ (kap·pāy)
Noun - fdc | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan


Additional Translations
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.Truly I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.

Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;

And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart, and washed my hands in innocency.

Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:

Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;

Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.

Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,

Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,
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