Psalms 73:20-28

²⁰As a dream when one awaketh, Thou, O Lord! when thou awakest, wilt make their vain show a derision.

²¹When my heart was vexed And I was pierced in my reins,

²²Then was I stupid and without understanding; I was like one of the brutes before thee.

²³Yet am I ever under thy care; By my right hand thou dost hold me up.

²⁴Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And at last receive me in glory.

²⁵Whom have I in heaven but thee, And whom on earth do I love in comparison with thee?

²⁶Though my flesh and my heart fail, God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

²⁷For, lo! they who are far from thee perish; Thou destroyest all who estrange themselves from thee.

²⁸But it is good for me to draw near to God; I put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, That I may declare all thy works.