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13. Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. 14. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.15. If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.16. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;17. Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end.18. Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them into destruction.Psalm 73:13-18 Here, the psalmist has pondered on the ungodly how they prosper and are at ease. He entertained thoughts of how he had walked the narrow path and suffered each day for what? He kept his mouth shut and did not express this among other people. His own thoughts he knew to be offensive to the children of God. So he tried to understand the prosperity of the wicked and the afflictions of the righteous, and he could not make sense of it. Till he sought the fellowship of God and His Word, and now he has overcome these thoughts. And sees the truth of both the godly and the wicked. The godly have peace, salvation, and eternal life. The wicked have before them ruin, destruction, and death. Coming to the right frame of mind, he sees the wicked in slippery places in a moment destruction comes upon them for their desire was to pleasure, fame, and fortune, and not where their soul would spend eternity. I must confess I was on that slippery slope there was no hope for me, I had chosen a life of destruction, but Christ came between myself and destruction, removing those things which He did not approve. It happened not in an instant but over time, I am not the same. I know there are others who have experienced this, and we confess Christ is real. He has made by His grace and mercy a sinner in to a child of God. Amen.