Psalms 73:16
When I thought how I might understand this, it was too painful for me,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
In Context
17until I went into the sanctuary of God, and considered their latter end.
Cross References
Psalms 36:6Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God. Thy judgments are a great deep. O LORD, thou preserve man and beast.
Psalms 77:19Thy way was in the sea, and thy paths in the great waters. And thy footsteps were not known.
Proverbs 30:2Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man,
Ecclesiastes 8:17then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he shall not find it. Yea moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, yet he
John 16:18They said therefore What is this that he says, A little while? We know not what he says.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 73:16-21
The End of the Wicked. 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 understood I their end. 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt… Read the whole commentary →