Psalm 73:13
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency."
Word-by-Word Analysis
טָהֵר
ṭâhêr
to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
שָׁוְא
shâvᵉʼ
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, object...
רָחַץ
râchats
to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
נִקָּיוֹן
niqqâyôwn
clearness (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
טָהֵר ṭâhêr
to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
Study H2891 →שָׁוְא shâvᵉʼ
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
Study H7723 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →Cross References
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
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