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Psalm 73
⁶ Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
⁷ Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
⁸ They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
⁹ They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
¹⁰ Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
¹¹ And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
¹² Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
¹³ Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
¹⁴ For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
¹⁵ If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
¹⁶ When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;