New American Standard Bible

Psalms 73:11-22 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

11. They say, "How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?"

12. Behold, these are the wicked; And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.

13. Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure And washed my hands in innocence;

14. For I have been stricken all day long And chastened every morning.

15. If I had said, "I will speak thus," Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.

16. When I pondered to understand this, It was troublesome in my sight

17. Until I came into the sanctuary of God; Then I perceived their end.

18. Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.

19. How they are destroyed in a moment! They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!

20. Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form.

21. When my heart was embittered And I was pierced within,

22. Then I was senseless and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.