⁸ Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

¹⁹ The righteous see it, and are glad; The innocent ridicule them,

³⁰ That the godless man may not reign, That there be no one to ensnare the people.

¹² Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.

¹³ Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocence,

¹⁴ For all day long have I been plagued, And punished every morning.

¹⁵ If I had said, "I will speak thus;" Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

⁸ If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.

¹³ You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,

⁴⁶ Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, "It was necessary that God's word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

³³ Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!