9. They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue parades through the earth.
10. Therefore his people return to this place, And waters of abundance are drunk by them.
11. They say, "How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?"
12. Behold, these are the wicked; And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.
13. Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure And washed my hands in innocence;
14. For I have been stricken all day long And chastened every morning.
15. If I had said, "I will speak thus," Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.
16. When I pondered to understand this, It was troublesome in my sight
17. Until I came into the sanctuary of God; Then I perceived their end.
18. Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.
19. How they are destroyed in a moment! They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!
20. Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form.
21. When my heart was embittered And I was pierced within,