1. God is truly good to Israel. He is good to those who have pure hearts.
2. But my feet had almost slipped. I had almost tripped and fallen.
3. I saw that proud and sinful people were doing well. And I began to long for what they had.
4. They don't have any troubles. Their bodies are healthy and strong.
5. They don't have the problems others have. They don't suffer as other people do.
6. Their pride is like a necklace. They put on meanness as if it were their clothes.
7. Many sins come out of their hard and stubborn hearts. There is no limit to their proud and evil thoughts.
8. They laugh at others and speak words of hatred. They are proud. They warn others about the harm they can do to them.
9. They brag as if they owned heaven itself. They talk as if they controlled the earth.
10. So people listen to them. They lap up their words like water.
11. They say, "How can God know what we're doing? Does the Most High God really know that much?"
12. Here is what sinful people are like. They don't have a care in the world. They keep getting richer and richer.
13. It seems as if I have kept my heart pure without any reason. It didn't do me any good to wash my hands to show that I wasn't guilty of doing anything wrong.
14. Day after day I've been in pain. God has punished me every morning.