And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.

verily

Job 9:27,31 If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow. . . .

Job 21:15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him?

Job 34:9 For he hath said: Man shall not please God, although he run with him.

Job 35:3 For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?

Malachi 3:14 And you have said: What have we spoken against thee? You have said: He laboureth in vain that serveth God, and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked sorrowful before the Lord of hosts?

washed

Psalm 24:4 The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.

Psalm 26:6 I will wash my hands among the innocent; and will compass thy altar, O Lord:

Psalm 51:10 Create a clean heart in me, O God: and renew a right spirit within my bowels.

Hebrews 10:19-22 Having therefore, brethren, a confidence in the entering into the holies by the blood of Christ: . . .

James 4:8 Draw nigh to God: and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double minded.