17. until I entered the Sanctuary of God, and perceived their end.
18. Surely You put them in slippery places. You hurled them down to destruction.
19. How suddenly they became a ruin— terminated, consumed by terrors.
20. Like a dream when one awakes, thus when You arise, my Lord, You will despise their form.
21. When my heart was embittered and I was pierced in my heart,
22. I was brutish and ignorant. I was like a beast before You.