¹⁶ But when I thought how to understand this,
    it seemed to me ^(A)a wearisome task,
¹⁷ until I went into ^(B)the sanctuary of God;
    then I discerned their ^(C)end.

¹⁸ Truly you set them in ^(D)slippery places;
    you make them fall to ruin.
¹⁹ How they are destroyed ^(E)in a moment,
    swept away utterly by ^(F)terrors!
²⁰ Like ^(G)a dream when one awakes,
    O Lord, when ^(H)you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.