The King James Version Bible

Psalms 73:16-28

  1. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

  2. Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

  3. Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

  4. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

  5. As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

  6. Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

  7. So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

  8. Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.

  9. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

  10. Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

  11. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

  12. For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

  13. But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.