¹⁰ Therefore ^[l]his people return to this place,
And waters of abundance are ^[m]drunk by them.
¹¹ They say, “How does God know?
And is there knowledge ^[n]with the Most High?”
¹² Behold, these are the wicked;
And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.
¹³ Surely in vain I have ^[o]kept my heart pure
And washed my hands in innocence;
¹⁴ For I have been stricken all day long
And ^[p]chastened every morning.

¹⁵ If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.
¹⁶ When I pondered to understand this,
It was ^[q]troublesome in my sight
¹⁷ Until I came into the ^[r]sanctuary of God;
Then I perceived their end.
¹⁸ Surely You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to ^[s]destruction.
¹⁹ How they are ^[t]destroyed in a moment!
They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!
²⁰ Like a dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their ^[u]form.

²¹ When my heart was embittered
And I was pierced ^[v]within,
²² Then I was senseless and ignorant;
I was like ^[w]a beast ^[x]before You.
²³ Nevertheless I am continually with You;
You have taken hold of my right hand.
²⁴ With Your counsel You will guide me,
And afterward receive me ^[y]to glory.

²⁵ Whom have I in heaven but You?
And ^[z]besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
²⁶ My flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the ^[aa]strength of my heart and my portion forever.
²⁷ For, behold, those who are far from You will perish;
You have ^[ab]destroyed all those who ^[ac]are unfaithful to You.
²⁸ But as for me, the nearness of God is my good;
I have made the Lord ^[ad]God my refuge,
That I may tell of all Your works.