2. But I almost slipped and lost my balance. I almost fell into sin.
3. I saw that wicked people were successful, and I became jealous of those proud people.
4. They are healthy. They don’t have to struggle to survive.
5. They don’t suffer like the rest of us. They don’t have troubles like other people.
6. So they are proud and hateful. This is as easy to see as the jewels and fancy clothes they wear.
7. If they see something they like, they go and take it. They do whatever they want.
8. They make fun of others and say cruel things about them. In their pride they make plans to hurt people.
9. They think they are gods! They think they are the rulers of the earth.
10. Even God’s people turn to them and do what they say.
11. Those evil people say, “God does not know what we are doing! God Most High does not know!”
12. Those proud people are wicked, but they are rich and getting richer.
13. Clearly, then, I gain nothing by keeping my thoughts pure! What good is it to keep myself from sin?
14. God, I suffer all day long, and you punish me every morning.