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

^{13 Ref} Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocence,

^{14 Ref} For all day long have I been plagued, And punished every morning.

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

^{16 Ref} When I tried to understand this, It was too painful for me;

^{17 Ref} Until I entered God's sanctuary, And considered their latter end.

^{18 Ref} Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.

^{19 Ref} How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.