12
Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches.
13
All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.
14
For all the day long I have been stricken, and chastened every morning.
15
If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have been untrue to the generation of thy children.
16
But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.