New Century Version

Psalms 73:12-22 New Century Version (NCV)

12. These people are wicked,always at ease, and getting richer.

13. So why have I kept my heart pure?Why have I kept my hands from doing wrong?

14. I have suffered all day long;I have been punished every morning.

15. God, if I had decided to talk like this,I would have let your people down.

16. I tried to understand all this,but it was too hard for me to see

17. until I went to the Temple of God.Then I understood what will happen to them.

18. You have put them in danger;you cause them to be destroyed.

19. They are destroyed in a moment;they are swept away by terrors.

20. It will be like waking from a dream.Lord, when you rise up, they will disappear.

21. When my heart was sadand I was angry,

22. I was senseless and stupid.I acted like an animal toward you.