² But my feet had almost slipped.
    I had almost tripped and fallen.
³ I saw that proud and sinful people were doing well.
    And I began to long for what they had.

⁴ They don’t have any troubles.
    Their bodies are healthy and strong.
⁵ They don’t have the problems most people have.
    They don’t suffer as other people do.
⁶ Their pride is like a necklace.
    They put on meanness as if it were their clothes.

¹² Here is what sinful people are like.
    They don’t have a care in the world.
    They keep getting richer and richer.

¹³ It seems as if I have kept my heart pure for no reason.
    It didn’t do me any good to wash my hands
    to show that I wasn’t guilty of doing anything wrong.
¹⁴ Day after day I’ve been in pain.
    God has punished me in a new way every morning.