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Therefore his people return to this place,
And waters of abundance [offered by the irreverent] are [blindly] drunk by them.
¹¹ 
They say, “How does God know?
Is there knowledge [of us] with the Most High?”
¹² 
Behold, these are the ungodly,
Who always prosper and are at ease [in the world]; they have increased in wealth.
¹³ 
Surely then in vain I have cleansed my heart
And washed my hands in innocence.^(B)
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For all the day long have I been stricken,
And punished every morning.

¹⁵ 
If I had said, “I will say this,” [and expressed my feelings],
I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.
¹⁶ 
When I considered how to understand this,
It was too great an effort for me and too painful
¹⁷ 
Until I came into the sanctuary of God;
Then I understood [for I considered] their end.
¹⁸ 
Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
¹⁹ 
How they are destroyed in a moment!
They are completely swept away by sudden terrors!
²⁰ 
Like a dream [which seems real] until one awakens,
O Lord, when stirred, [You observe the wicked], You will despise their image.

²¹ 
When my heart was embittered
And I was pierced within [as with the fang of an adder],
²² 
Then I was senseless and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.
²³ 
Nevertheless I am continually with You;
You have taken hold of my right hand.
²⁴ 
You will guide me with Your counsel,
And afterward receive me to honor and glory.

²⁵ 
Whom have I in heaven [but You]?
And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
²⁶ 
My flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the rock and strength of my heart and my portion forever.
²⁷ 
For behold, those who are far from You will perish;
You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful and have abandoned You.
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But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God;
I have made the Lord God my refuge and placed my trust in Him,
That I may tell of all Your works.