10 Therefore his people return here,
aAnd waters of a full
cup are drained by them.
11 And they say,
a“How does God know?
And is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12 Behold, these
are the ungodly,
Who are always at ease;
They increase
in riches.
13 Surely I have
1 cleansed my heart
in avain,
And washed my hands in innocence.
14 For all day long I have been plagued,
And chastened every morning.
15 If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children.
16 When I thought
how to understand this,
It
was1 too painful for me—
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God;
Then I understood their
aend.
18 Surely
aYou set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
19 Oh, how they are
brought to desolation, as in a moment!
They are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 As a dream when
one awakes,
So, Lord, when You awake,
You shall despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was grieved,
And I was
1 vexed in my mind.
22 aI
was so foolish and ignorant;
I was
like a beast before You.
23 Nevertheless I
am continually with You;
You hold
me by my right hand.
24 aYou will guide me with Your counsel,
And afterward receive me
to glory.
25 aWhom have I in heaven
but You?And
there is none upon earth
that I desire besides You.
26 aMy flesh and my heart fail;
But God
is the
1 strength of my heart and my
bportion forever.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
