“Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.”
The confession that the psalmist has kept the heart pure and washed hands in innocence articulates that the psalmist has maintained righteousness. The reference to the heart being pure and hands being washed in innocence indicates attempts at moral integrity. This verse establishes that the psalmist has tried to live righteously.
Church Fathers on Psalms 73:13
1. This Psalm has an inscription, that is, a title, “There have failed the hymns of David, the son of Jesse. A Psalm of Asaph himself.” So many Psalms we have on the titles whereof is written the name David, nowhere there is added, “son of Jesse,” except in this alone. Which we must believe has not been done to no purpose, nor capriciously. For everywhere God does make intimations to us, and to the understanding thereof does invite the godly study of love. What is, “there…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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