11. They say, “God will not know;the Most High will not find out.”
12. That is what the wicked are like.They have plenty and are always getting more.
13. Is it for nothing, then, that I have kept myself pureand have not committed sin?
14. O God, you have made me suffer all day long;every morning you have punished me.
15. If I had said such things,I would not be acting as one of your people.
16. I tried to think this problem through,but it was too difficult for me
17. until I went into your Temple.Then I understood what will happen to the wicked.
18. You will put them in slippery placesand make them fall to destruction!
19. They are instantly destroyed;they go down to a horrible end.
20. They are like a dream that goes away in the morning;when you rouse yourself, O Lord, they disappear.
21. When my thoughts were bitterand my feelings were hurt,
22. I was as stupid as an animal;I did not understand you.
23. Yet I always stay close to you,and you hold me by the hand.
24. You guide me with your instructionand at the end you will receive me with honour.