Psalms 73:2-15

2But as for me, my feet almost slipped. My steps nearly slid out from under me.

3For I envied the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

4For there are no pains at their death, their body is healthy.

5They have none of humanity’s trouble, nor are they plagued like others.

6Therefore, they put on pride as a necklace, and violence wraps around them like a garment.

7Their eyes bulge out from fatness. The imaginations of their hearts run wild.

8They scoff and wickedly plan evil. From on high they threaten.

9They set their mouth against heaven. Their tongue struts through the earth.

10Therefore His people return here, while they drink their fill.

11So they say: “How does God know? And does Elyon have knowledge?”

12Behold, such are the wicked— always at ease and amassing wealth.

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

14For all day I have been stricken, my chastisement comes every morning.

15If I had said: “I will speak thus,” surely I would have betrayed a generation of Your children.