Psalm 24:4
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Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
“Did he not himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this.”
“Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
“The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
“Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way,
And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
“He will deliver one who is not innocent,
And he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
In whose eyes a reprobate is despised,
But who honors those who fear the Lord;
He swears to his own hurt and does not change;
The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
Posterity will serve Him;
It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation.
The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains,
The world, and those who dwell in it.
For He has founded it upon the seas
And established it upon the rivers.
I shall wash my hands in innocence,
And I will go about Your altar, O Lord,
I hate those who regard vain idols,
But I trust in the Lord.
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Surely God is good to Israel,
To those who are pure in heart!
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure
And washed my hands in innocence;
Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity,
And revive me in Your ways.
Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart,
I am pure from my sin”?
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity,
He who rejects unjust gain
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil;
He will dwell on the heights,
His refuge will be the impregnable rock;
His bread will be given him,
His water will be sure.
Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem,
That you may be saved.
How long will your wicked thoughts
Lodge within you?
and does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period—
“He does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife,
They feed on the sin of My people
And direct their desire toward their iniquity.
He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justice, to love kindness,
And to walk humbly with your God?
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
and He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension.
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea.
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.
And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them,
and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”
