Psalm 73:18-28 (New International Version)
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Surely you place them on slippery ground;1 you cast them down to ruin.2
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How suddenly3 are they destroyed, completely swept away4 by terrors!
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As a dream5 when one awakes,6 so when you arise, O Lord, you will despise them as fantasies.7
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When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,
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I was senseless8 and ignorant; I was a brute beast9 before you.
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Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.10
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You guide11 me with your counsel,12 and afterward you will take me into glory.
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Whom have I in heaven but you?13 And earth has nothing I desire besides you.14
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My flesh and my heart15 may fail,16 but God is the strength17 of my heart and my portion18 forever.
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Those who are far from you will perish;19 you destroy all who are unfaithful20 to you.
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But as for me, it is good to be near God.21 I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge;22 I will tell of all your deeds.23
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