Psalms 73:15-28

¹⁵If I had said the things that the wicked people say, I would have been sinning against your people.

¹⁶And when I tried to think about all this, it was very difficult for me to understand it.

¹⁷But when I went to your temple, you spoke to me, and I understood what will happen to the wicked people after they die.

¹⁸Now I know that you will surely put them in slippery places, and they will fall down and die.

¹⁹They will be destroyed instantly; they will die in terrible ways.

²⁰They will disappear as quickly as a dream disappears when a person awakes in the morning; Lord, when you arise, you will ◄cause them to disappear/forget all about them►.

²¹When I felt sad/bitter , and brokenhearted,

²²I was stupid and ignorant, and I behaved like an animal toward you.

²³But I am always close to you, and you hold my hand.

²⁴You guide me by teaching me, and ◄at the end of my life/when I die►, you will receive me and honor me.

²⁵You are in heaven and I belong to you RHQ, and there is nothing on this earth that I desire more than that.

²⁶My body and my mind may become very weak, but God, you continue to enable me to be strong; I belong to you forever.

²⁷Those who remain far from you will be destroyed; you will get rid of those who abandon you.

²⁸But as for me, it is wonderful to be near to God and to be protected by Yahweh, and to proclaim to others all that he has done for me.