13. Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain. He
questions the value of holiness when its wages are paid in the coin of
affliction. Thus foolishly will the wisest of people argue, when faith is
napping. Asaph was a seer, but he could not see when reason left him in the
dark; even seers must have the sunlight of revealed truth to see by, or they
grope like the blind. The pure in heart may seem to have cleansed themselves
altogether in vain, but we must not judge after the sight of the eyes. And washed my hands in innocency. He had guarded his outer as well as his inner
life, and it was a bitter thought that all this was useless, and left him in
even a worse condition than foul-handed, black-hearted worldlings. It could not
be so while God was God. It smelt too strong of a lie to be tolerated long in
the good man’s soul; hence, in a verse or two, we see his mind turning in
another direction.
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