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Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, And washed my hands in innocence.
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For all day long I have been plagued, And chastened every morning.
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If I had said, "I will speak thus," Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children.
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When I thought how to understand this, It was too painful for me--
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Until I went into the sanctuary of God; Then I understood their end.
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Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.
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Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
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As a dream when one awakes, So, Lord, when You awake, You shall despise their image.
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Thus my heart was grieved, And I was vexed in my mind.
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I was so foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.
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Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand.