11. And they said, "How would God know?" and, "Isn't there knowledge in high places?"
12. Behold, these are sinners, and, abounding in this age, they have obtained riches.
13. And I said: So then, it is without purpose that I have justified my heart and washed my hands among the innocent.
14. And I have been scourged all day long, and I have received my chastisement in the mornings.
15. If I were to say that I would explain this: Behold, I would condemn this nation of your sons.
16. I considered, so that I might know this. It is a hardship before me,
17. until I may enter into the Sanctuary of God, and understand it to its last part.
18. So, because of deceitfulness, truly, you have placed it before them. While they were being lifted up, you were casting them down.
19. How have they been brought to desolation? They have suddenly failed. They have perished because of their iniquity.
20. As a dream is to those who awaken, O Lord, so will you reduce their image to nothing in your city.
21. For my heart has been inflamed, and my temperament has been changed.
22. And so, I have been reduced to nothing, and I did not know it.
23. I have become like a beast of burden to you, and I am always with you.