^{3 Ref} The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,

^{4 Ref} And their might `is' firm.

^{5 Ref} In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.

^{6 Ref} Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.

^{7 Ref} Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;

^{8 Ref} They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.

^{9 Ref} They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.

^{10 Ref} Therefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them.

^{11 Ref} And they have said, `How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

^{12 Ref} Lo, these `are' the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.

^{13 Ref} Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,

^{14 Ref} And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof `is' every morning.

^{15 Ref} If I have said, `I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.