8. They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: they speak loftily.
9. They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10. Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out by them.
11. And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
12. Behold, these are the wicked; and, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.
13. Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;
14. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15. If I had said, I will speak thus; behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
16. When I thought how I might know this, it was too painful for me;
17. Until I went into the sanctuary of God, and considered their latter end.
18. Surely thou settest them in slippery places: thou castest them down to destruction.
19. How are they become a desolation in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20. As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21. For my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins: