Psalm 73:13-26

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,
²² I was senseless^(N) and ignorant;
    I was a brute beast^(O) before you.

²³ Yet I am always with you;
    you hold me by my right hand.^(P)
24 You guide^(Q) me with your counsel,^(R)
    and afterward you will take me into glory.
²⁵ Whom have I in heaven but you?^(S)
    And earth has nothing I desire besides you.^(T)
26 My flesh and my heart^(U) may fail,^(V)
    but God is the strength^(W) of my heart
    and my portion^(X) forever.