Surely I have made my heart pure in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.
I will wash my hands in innocency; so I will go around Your altar, O Jehovah,
For he has said, It profits a man nothing when he is accepted with God.
what is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit should we have if we pray to Him?
For you say, What will it benefit you? And, What good shall I have more than if I had sinned?
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners; and purify your hearts, double-minded ones.
You have said, It is vain to serve God; and, What profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked as mourners before Jehovah of Hosts?
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, and has not sworn deceitfully.
yet You will plunge me into the ditch and my own clothes shall despise me.
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will depart from my heaviness and be of good cheer,
I have been condemned; why then should I labor in vain?