Psalms 73:13

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Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.	Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.	For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Verily I have cleansed^H2135 my heart^H3824 in vain^H7385, and washed^H7364 my hands^H3709 in innocency^H5356.

Original Hebrew

אַךְ־רִיק זִכִּיתִי לְבָבִי וָאֶרְחַץ בְּנִקָּיֹון כַּפָּי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אַךְ	'akh-	H389	HTa	surely
רִ֭יק	rik	H7385	HNcmsa	vanity
זִכִּ֣יתִי	zi.Ki.ti	H2135	HVpp1cs	I have kept pure
לְבָבִ֑/י	le.va.V/i	H3824	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	heart/ my
וָ/אֶרְחַ֖ץ	va./'er.Chatz	H7364	HC/Vqw1cs	and/ I have washed
בְּ/נִקָּי֣וֹן	be./ni.ka.Yon	H5356	HR/Ncmsa	in/ innocence
כַּפָּֽ/י	ka.Pa/i	H3709	HNcfdc/Sp1cs	hands/ my

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H2135 — זָכָה (zâkâh, zaw-kaw'): a primitive root (compare זָכַךְ); to be translucent; figuratively, to be innocent; be (make) clean, cleanse, be clear, count pure.
H3709 — כַּף (kaph, kaf): from כָּפַף; the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power; branch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
H3824 — לֵבָב (lêbâb, lay-bawb'): from לָבַב; used also like לֵב; the heart (as the most interior organ); [phrase] bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, [idiom] unawares, understanding.
H5356 — נִקָּיוֹן (niqqâyôwn, nik-kaw-yone'): or נִקָּיֹן; from נָקָה; clearness (literally or figuratively); cleanness, innocency.
H7364 — רָחַץ (râchats, raw-khats'): a primitive root; to lave (the whole or a part of a thing); bathe (self), wash (self).
H7385 — רִיק (rîyq, reek): from רוּק; emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain; empty, to no purpose, (in) vain (thing), vanity.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H389 — אַךְ (ʼak, ak): akin to אָכֵן; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only; also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, [phrase] wherefore, yet (but).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

Verily — Job 9:27, Job 9:31, Job 21:15, Job 34:9, Job 35:3, Malachi 3:14
washed — Psalms 24:4, Psalms 26:6, Psalms 51:10, Hebrews 10:19-22, James 4:8

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: HANDS WASHED, IN TOKEN OF INNOCENCE
Nave’s: ABLUTION, BLINDNESS, DOUBTING, GOD, INTEGRITY, MEDITATION, MURMURING, RICH, THE, TEMPTATION, WASHING, WICKED (PEOPLE), WORLDLINESS

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