New King James Version

Psalms 73:6-16 New King James Version (NKJV)

6. Therefore pride serves as their necklace;Violence covers them like a garment.

7. Their eyes bulge with abundance;They have more than heart could wish.

8. They scoff 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 drained by them.

11. And they say, “How does God know?And is there knowledge in the Most High?”

12. Behold, these are the ungodly,Who are always at ease;They increase in riches.

13. Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain,And washed my hands in innocence.

14. For all day long I have been plagued,And chastened every morning.

15. If I had said, “I will speak thus,”Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children.

16. When I thought how to understand this,It was too painful for me—