The King James Version Bible

Psalms 73:9-21

  1. They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

  2. Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

  3. And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

  4. Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

  5. Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

  6. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

  7. If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

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

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

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

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

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

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