8. They are lawless and speak wickedly of doing violence; they speak loftily.
9. They set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue walks through the earth.
10. Therefore his people shall return here; and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11. And they say, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
12. Behold, these ungodly men, without being troubled by the world obtain riches.
13. Verily, in vain have I cleansed my heart and washed my hands in innocency
14. and been plagued all day long and chastened every morning:
15. If I should say, I will speak as they do; behold, I should deny the generation of thy sons.
16. I shall meditate that I might understand this; it is very hard for me to see.
17. When I come into the sanctuary of God, then I shall understand their end.
18. Surely thou didst set them in slippery places; in desolation thou shalt cause them to fall.
19. How they are brought into desolation, as in a moment! They have come to an end; they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20. As the dream of one who awakes; so, O Lord, when thou shalt rise up, thou shalt despise their appearances.
21. Truly my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my kidneys.