9 They set their mouth against heaven. Their tongue struts through the earth.
10 Therefore His people return here, while they drink their fill.
11 So they say: “How does God know? And does Elyon have knowledge?”
12 Behold, such are the wicked— always at ease and amassing wealth.
13 Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure, and washed my hands in innocence.
14 For all day I have been stricken, my chastisement comes every morning.
15 If I had said: “I will speak thus,” surely I would have betrayed a generation of Your children.