Psalms 73:15-28

¹⁵If I would make clear what it is like, I would say, You are false to the generation of your children.

¹⁶When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes;

¹⁷Till I went into God's holy place, and saw the end of the evil-doers.

¹⁸You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.

¹⁹How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.

²⁰As a dream when one is awake, they are ended; they are like an image gone out of mind when sleep is over.

²¹My heart was made bitter, and I was pained by the bite of grief:

²²As for me, I was foolish, and without knowledge; I was like a beast before you.

²³But still I am ever with you; you have taken me by my right hand.

²⁴Your wisdom will be my guide, and later you will put me in a place of honour.

²⁵Whom have I in heaven but you? and having you I have no desire for anything on earth.

²⁶My flesh and my heart are wasting away: but God is the Rock of my heart and my eternal heritage.

²⁷For those who are far away from you will come to destruction: you will put an end to all those who have not kept faith with you.

²⁸But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.