Psalms 73:8-18

8 (72-8) They have thought and spoken wickedness: they have spoken iniquity on high.
9 (72-9) They have set their mouth against heaven: and their tongue hath passed through the earth.
10 (72-10) Therefore will my people return here and full days shall be found in them.
11 (72-11) And they said: How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
12 (72-12) Behold these are sinners; and yet, abounding in the world they have obtained riches.
13 (72-13) And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.
14 (72-14) And I have been scourged all the day; and my chastisement hath been in the mornings.
15 (72-15) If I said: I will speak thus; behold I should condemn the generation of thy children.
16 (72-16) I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my sight:
17 (72-17) Until I go into the sanctuary of God, and understand concerning their last ends.
18 (72-18) But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down.
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