Psalm 73:13
Douay-Rheims
And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.
Augustine of Hippo
"And I said, therefore without cause I have justified my heart" (ver. 13). In that I serve God, and have not these things; they serve him not, and they abound in these things: "therefore without cause I have justified my heart, and have washed among the innocent my hands." This without cause I have done. Where is the reward of my good life? Where is the wage of my service? I live well and am in need; and the unjust man doth abound. "And I have washed among the innocent my hands."
Source details
A.D. 430 · on Ps 73:13 (Exposition on Psalm 73)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.