Psalm 73:13-21
New International Version
13 Surely in vain(A) I have kept my heart pure
and have washed my hands in innocence.(B)
14 All day long I have been afflicted,(C)
and every morning brings new punishments.
15 If I had spoken out like that,
I would have betrayed your children.
16 When I tried to understand(D) all this,
it troubled me deeply
17 till I entered the sanctuary(E) of God;
then I understood their final destiny.(F)
18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;(G)
you cast them down to ruin.(H)
19 How suddenly(I) are they destroyed,
completely swept away(J) by terrors!
20 They are like a dream(K) when one awakes;(L)
when you arise, Lord,
you will despise them as fantasies.(M)
21 When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,
Psalm 73:13-21
King James Version
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
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