Psalms 73:13

I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? if...: or, by it more than by my sin

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He...: Heb. The clean of hands

Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. abhor...: or, make me to be abhorred

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, boldness: or, liberty By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; consecrated: or, new made And having an high priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

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

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? ordinance: Heb. observation mournfully: Heb. in black

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. right: or, constant