¹³ Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,

⁶ I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah.

⁹ For he hath said, `It doth not profit a man, When he delighteth himself with God.'

¹⁵ What `is' the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'

³ For thou sayest, `What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

⁸ draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!

¹⁹ Having, therefore, brethren, boldness for the entrance into the holy places, in the blood of Jesus,

²⁰ which way he did initiate for us -- new and living, through the vail, that is, his flesh --

²¹ and a high priest over the house of God,

²² may we draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having the hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having the body bathed with pure water;

¹⁴ Ye have said, `A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of Jehovah of Hosts?

¹⁰ A clean heart prepare for me, O God, And a right spirit renew within me.

⁴ The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit.

³¹ Then in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me.

²⁷ Though I say, `I forget my talking, I forsake my corner, and I brighten up!'