The King James Version Bible

Psalms 73:18-28

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  11. 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.