12. This is what the wicked are like— always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.
13. Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and have washed my hands in innocence.
14. All day long I have been afflicted, and every morning brings new punishments.
15. If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed your children.
16. When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply
17. till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.
18. Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.
19. How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!
20. They are like a dream when one awakes; when you arise, Lord, you will despise them as fantasies.