13 Surely I have [a]cleansed my heart in (A)vain,
And washed my hands in innocence.
14 For all day long I have been plagued,
And chastened every morning.

15 If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:13 kept my heart pure in vain

13 Surely in vain(A) I have kept my heart pure
    and have washed my hands in innocence.(B)
14 All day long I have been afflicted,(C)
    and every morning brings new punishments.

15 If I had spoken out like that,
    I would have betrayed your children.

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