4. For there are no pains in their death: but their strength is firm.
5. They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
6. Therefore pride surrounds them as a chain; violence covers them as a garment.
7. Their eyes stand out with abundance: they have more than heart could wish.
8. They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
9. They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.
10. Therefore his people 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 are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
13. Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.
14. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15. If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of your children.
16. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;