11. And they say, How can ·God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?
12. Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches.
13. Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:
14. For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15. If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.
16. When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
17. Until I went into the sanctuaries of ·God then understood I their end.
18. Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
19. How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
20. As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.
21. When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,
22. Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was as a beast with thee.
23. Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;
24. Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me.
25. Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee.
26. My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.