12. Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.
13. Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;
14. For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.
15. If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
16. When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;
17. Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.
18. Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.
19. How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
20. As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
21. For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:
22. So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee.
23. Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.
24. Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
25. Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
26. My flesh and my heart faileth; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
27. For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, departing from thee.
28. But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.