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Psalms 73:8-18

8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

8 They scoff, and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.

9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.

10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

10 Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance.

11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

11 They say, “How would God know? Does the Most High know anything?”

12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

12 This is what the wicked are like— always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.

13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and have washed my hands in innocence.

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

14 All day long I have been afflicted, and every morning brings new punishments.

15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

15 If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed your children.

16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

16 When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply

17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

17 till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.

18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

18 Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.

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