8. They mock, and speak wickedly concerning oshek (oppression); they speak from marom (on high).
9. They set their mouth against Shomayim, and their leshon stalketh in ha'aretz.
10. Therefore their people return here; and mayim to the full are swallowed down by them.
11. And they say, How doth El (G-d) know? And is there knowledge in Elyon?
12. Hinei, these are the resha'im; at ease olam, they increase in riches.
13. Surely in vain have I cleansed my lev, and washed my hands in innocency.
14. For kol hayom have I been plagued, and chastened in the bekarim (mornings).
15. If I say, I will speak thus; hinei, I would have dealt faithlessly with the dor banecha (the generation of Thy children).