17. Till I entered the sanctuary of Godand came to understand their end.
18. You set them, indeed, on a slippery road;you hurl them down to ruin.
19. How suddenly they are devastated;utterly undone by disaster!
20. They are like a dream after waking, Lord,dismissed like shadows when you arise.
21. Since my heart was embitteredand my soul deeply wounded,
22. I was stupid and could not understand;I was like a brute beast in your presence.
23. Yet I am always with you;you take hold of my right hand.
24. With your counsel you guide me,and at the end receive me with honor.
25. Whom else have I in the heavens?None beside you delights me on earth.
26. Though my flesh and my heart fail,God is the rock of my heart, my portion forever.