² You plant them, and they take root;
    they grow and produce fruit;
^(A)you are near in their mouth
    and far from their heart.
^3 (B)But you, O Lord, know me;
    ^(C)you see me, and test my heart towards you.
^(D)Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
    and set them apart for ^(E)the day of slaughter.

^35 (A)I have seen a wicked, ruthless man,
    spreading himself like ^(B)a green laurel tree.^[a]
36 But he passed away,^[b] and behold, ^(C)he was no more;
    though I sought him, he could not be found.

¹⁸ Truly you set them in ^(A)slippery places;
    you make them fall to ruin.
¹⁹ How they are destroyed ^(B)in a moment,
    swept away utterly by ^(C)terrors!
²⁰ Like ^(D)a dream when one awakes,
    O Lord, when ^(E)you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.