Psalm 73:12–26

12 This is what the wicked are like—

always free of care,l they go on amassing wealth.m

13 Surely in vainn I have kept my heart pure

and have washed my hands in innocence.o

14 All day long I have been afflicted,p

and every morning brings new punishments.

15 If I had spoken out like that,

I would have betrayed your children.

16 When I tried to understandq all this,

it troubled me deeply

17 till I entered the sanctuaryr of God;

then I understood their final destiny.s

18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;t

you cast them down to ruin.u

19 How suddenlyv are they destroyed,

completely swept awayw by terrors!

20 They are like a dreamx when one awakes;y

when you arise, Lord,

you will despise them as fantasies.z

21 When my heart was grieved

and my spirit embittered,

22 I was senselessa and ignorant;

I was a brute beastb before you.

23 Yet I am always with you;

you hold me by my right hand.c

24 You guided me with your counsel,e

and afterward you will take me into glory.

25 Whom have I in heaven but you?f

And earth has nothing I desire besides you.g

26 My flesh and my hearth may fail,i

but God is the strengthj of my heart

and my portionk forever.