Psalms 73:12-22

12Look at them — the wicked! They are always at ease, and they increase their wealth.

13Did I purify my heart and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?

14For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.

15If I had decided to say these things aloud, I would have betrayed your people.

16When I tried to understand all this, it seemed hopeless

17until I entered God’s sanctuary. Then I understood their destiny.

18Indeed, you put them in slippery places; you make them fall into ruin.

19How suddenly they become a desolation! They come to an end, swept away by terrors.

20Like one waking from a dream, Lord, when arising, you will despise their image.

21When I became embittered and my innermost being was wounded,

22I was stupid and didn’t understand; I was an unthinking animal toward you.