Psalm 73:13

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

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will lay aside my sad countenance, and brighten up,

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? Or what shall we profit, that we should urge him?

For he hath said, It profiteth not a man, when, his good pleasure, is with God.

For thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin?

Ye have said, Vain is it to serve God, - and, What profit when we have kept his charge, or when we have walked gloomily before Yahweh of hosts?

The clean of hands, and pure of heart, - who hath not uplifted, to falsehood, his soul, nor sworn deceitfully,

I will bathe, in pureness, my hands, - so will I go in procession around thine altar, O Yahweh;

A pure heart, create for me, O God, And, a steadfast spirit, renew within me.

Having therefore, brethren, freedom of speech for the entrance through the Holy place, by the blood of Jesus,

Draw near unto God, and he will draw near unto you. Cleanse hands, sinners! Chasten hearts, double souls!

I, shall be held guilty, - Wherefore then, in vain, should I toil?

And is on the way to keep company, with the workers of iniquity, and to walk with lawless men.

In the multitude of my cares within me, Thy consolations, delight my soul.

And, if Christ, hath not been raised, void, after all, is our proclamation, void also, our faith, -