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I will wash my hands[a] in innocence(A)
    so that I may process around your altar, Lord,

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Footnotes

  1. 26:6 I will wash my hands: the washing of hands was a liturgical act (Ex 30:19, 21; 40:31–32), symbolic of inner as well as outer cleanness, cf. Is 1:16.

I wash my hands in innocence,(A)
    and go about your altar, Lord,

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14 (A)You have said, “It is useless to serve God;
    what do we gain by observing God’s requirements,
And by going about as mourners[a]
    before the Lord of hosts?

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  1. 3:14 As mourners: the adverb translated “as mourners” means something like “with a long face.”

14 “You have said, ‘It is futile(A) to serve(B) God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements(C) and going about like mourners(D) before the Lord Almighty?

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