8. They scoff and talk so cruel;from their privileged positionsthey plan oppression.
9. Their mouths dare to speak against heaven!Their tongues roam the earth!
10. That’s why people keep going back to them,keep approving what they say.
11. And what they say is this: "How could God possibly know!Does the Most High know anything at all!"
12. Look at these wicked ones,always relaxed, piling up the wealth!
13. Meanwhile, I’ve kept my heart pure for no good reason;I’ve washed my hands to stay innocent for nothing.
14. I’m weighed down all day long.I’m punished every morning.
15. If I said, "I will talk about all this,"I would have been unfaithful to your children.
16. But when I tried to understand these things,it just seemed like hard work
17. until I entered God’s sanctuaryand understood what would happen to the wicked.