16 When I thought how to understand this,
It was [a]too painful for me—
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God;
Then I understood their (A)end.

18 Surely (B)You 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 [b]vexed in my mind.
22 (C)I was so foolish and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:16 troublesome in my eyes
  2. Psalm 73:21 Lit. pierced in my kidneys

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