18 Indeed, you put them in slippery places;

you make them fall into ruin.s

19 How suddenly they become a desolation!

They come to an end, swept away by terrors.t

20 Like one waking from a dream,

Lord, when arising, you will despise their image.u

21 When I became embittered

and my innermost beingG was wounded,v

22 I was stupid and didn’t understand;

I was an unthinking animal toward you.w

23 Yet I am always with you;

you hold my right hand.x

24 You guide me with your counsel,

and afterward you will take me up in glory.H,y

25 Who do I have in heaven but you?

And I desire nothing on earth but you.z

26 My flesh and my heart may fail,

but God is the strengthI of my heart,

my portion forever.aa

27 Those far from you will certainly perish;

you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.ab

28 But as for me, God’s presence is my good.

I have made the Lord God my refuge,

so I can tell about all you do.ac