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 put off my sad face, and be of good cheer,'

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?'

For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing that he should take delight in God.'

that you ask, 'What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?'

You have said, 'It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the LORD of hosts?

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.

I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O LORD,

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

I shall be condemned; why then do I labor in vain?

who travels in company with evildoers and walks with wicked men?

When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.

And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.