Psalm 73:17-28

English Standard Version

¹⁷until I went into ^(A)the sanctuary of God;
then I discerned their ^(B)end.

¹⁸Truly you set them in ^(C)slippery places;
    you make them fall to ruin.
¹⁹How they are destroyed ^(D)in a moment,
    swept away utterly by ^(E)terrors!
²⁰Like ^(F)a dream when one awakes,
    O Lord, when ^(G)you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.
²¹When my soul was embittered,
    when I was pricked in heart,
²²I was ^(H)brutish and ignorant;
    I was like ^(I)a beast toward you.

²³Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
    you ^(J)hold my right hand.
²⁴You ^(K)guide me with your counsel,
    and afterward you will ^(L)receive me to glory.
²⁵^(M)Whom have I in heaven but you?
    And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
²⁶^(N)My flesh and my heart may fail,
    but God is ^(O)the strength^[a] of my heart and my ^(P)portion ^(Q)forever.

²⁷For behold, those who are ^(R)far from you shall perish;
    you put an end to everyone who is ^(S)unfaithful to you.
²⁸But for me it is good to ^(T)be near God;
    I have made the Lord God my ^(U)refuge,
    that I may ^(V)tell of all your works.