²⁸ But for me it is good to be near God;
    I have made the Lord God my refuge,
    to tell of all your works.^(A)

²² because they had no faith in God
    and did not trust his saving power.^(A)

³ O Lord, do your eyes not look for truth?
You have struck them,
    but they felt no anguish;
you have consumed them,
    but they refused to take correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
    they have refused to turn back.^(A)

²¹ I spoke to you in your prosperity,
    but you said, “I will not listen.”
This has been your way from your youth,
    for you have not obeyed my voice.^(A)