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12 Take a good look,
    and see how wicked those people are!
They have no troubles,
    and they become richer and richer.

13 I decided that I had tried to do what is right,
    but it did not help me at all!
I had refused to do anything wrong,
    for no good reason!
14 I had trouble each and every day.
    Punishment came to me every morning!

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12 This is what the wicked are like—
    always free of care,(A) they go on amassing wealth.(B)

13 Surely in vain(C) I have kept my heart pure
    and have washed my hands in innocence.(D)
14 All day long I have been afflicted,(E)
    and every morning brings new punishments.

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