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12 Such are the wicked,
    as they pile up wealth, without any concerns.
13 [a]Is it in vain that I have kept my heart clean
    and washed my hands in innocence?
14 For I am stricken day after day
    and punished every morning.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:13 The psalmist begins to have doubts about his effort to keep himself holy (see Pss 24:4; 119:9). He questions himself about the troubles and sufferings that he experiences while the wicked seem to have no such problems.

12 This is what the wicked are like—
    always free of care,(A) they go on amassing wealth.(B)

13 Surely in vain(C) I have kept my heart pure
    and have washed my hands in innocence.(D)
14 All day long I have been afflicted,(E)
    and every morning brings new punishments.

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