11. They say, “How would God know? Does the Most High know anything?”
12. This is what the wicked are like— always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.
13. Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and have washed my hands in innocence.
14. All day long I have been afflicted, and every morning brings new punishments.
15. If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed your children.
16. When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply
17. till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.
18. Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.