Asaph was tempted to measure by the wrong line, weigh in the wrong scales, and count with the wrong values. This led to a painful and troubled view of things. This was only corrected when he went into the holy place of God, and there grasped the truth of God over again, and saw his righteousness displayed and eternity shadowed out. Then he understand the end of the wicked; then he grasped that all that makes their life seemingly attractive will be swept away, and there is an 'afterward' which strips them of all that it appeared that they possessed.