Psalms 73:11-21

¹¹And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

¹²Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.

¹³Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;

¹⁴For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.

¹⁵If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

¹⁶When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;

¹⁷Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.

¹⁸Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.

¹⁹How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

²⁰As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.

²¹For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart: