18. Surely Thou didst set them in slippery places; Thou castedst them down into mashu'ot (ruins, destruction).
19. How are they brought into desolation, as in a rega (moment)! They are utterly consumed with balahot (terrors).
20. As a chalom when one awaketh; so, Adonoi, when Thou art aroused [in judgment], Thou shalt despise their tzelem (shadowy form).
21. Thus my levav was grieved, and I was pricked in my mind.
22. So senseless was I, and ignorant; I was like behemot before Thee.
23. Nevertheless I am with Thee tamid (always); Thou hast taken hold of me by my yad yamin.
24. Thou shalt guide me with Thy etzah (counsel), and afterward take me to kavod (glory).
25. Whom have I in Shomayim but Thee? And there is none upon HaAretz that I desire beside Thee.