Job 9:30

Tree of Life Version

If I wash myself with melted snow and cleanse my hands with lye,

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Even though you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your iniquity is before Me.” It is a declaration of the Lord Adonai.

I will wash my hands in innocence, so I can walk around Your altar, Adonai,

If we say we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

For being ignorant of God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit themselves to the righteousness of God.

O Jerusalem, purify your heart from wickedness, so that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts lodge within you?

One who covers up his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them finds mercy.

If my step has strayed from the way, if my heart has walked after my eyes, or if any defilement has stuck to my hands,

then You would plunge me into a pit and my own clothes would detest me.

For you ask, ‘What will it profit you?’ and ‘What do I gain by not sinning?’

Cleanse me with hyssop and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.