1
I cried to Yahuah in the depth of my distress, to Elohim when sinners rose against me.
2
Suddenly the cry of war sounded before me; I said, 'He will hear me, for I had counted myself righteous.'
3
I reasoned in my heart that I was full of righteousness because I had prospered and become rich in children.
4
Their wealth spread through all the earth, and their glory reached to the ends of the land.
5
They were lifted as high as the stars and said, 'We shall never fall.'
6
But in their prosperity they became insolent and could not bear correction.
7
Their sins were hidden, and even I did not know them.
8
Their lawlessness surpassed that of the nations before them, for they profaned the set-apart things of Yahuah.