Psalms 73:18 — Meaning and Application

When I thought to know this, it {was} too painful for me; {too...: Heb. labour in mine eyes}

Until I went into the sanctuary of God; {then} understood I their end.

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

How are they {brought} into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

As a dream when {one} awaketh; {so}, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.