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.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
