Psalms 73:16
And when I pondered how I might know this, it was wearisome in mine eyes;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
In Context
15If I had said: 'I will speak thus', behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children.
17Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, and considered their end.
Cross References
Psalms 36:6(36-7) Thy righteousness is like the mighty mountains; Thy judgments are like the great deep; man and beast Thou preservest, O LORD.
Psalms 77:19(77-20) Thy way was in the sea, and Thy path in the great waters, and Thy footsteps were not known.
Proverbs 30:2Surely I am brutish, unlike a 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 though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
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 →