⁹ Would it turn out well if he examined you?^(A)
    Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal?^(B)

¹⁰ “I the Lord search the heart^(A)
    and examine the mind,^(B)
to reward^(C) each person according to their conduct,
    according to what their deeds deserve.”^(D)

²¹ would not God have discovered it,
    since he knows the secrets of the heart?^(A)

²² Now stop your mocking,^(A)
    or your chains will become heavier;
the Lord, the Lord Almighty, has told me
    of the destruction decreed^(B) against the whole land.^(C)