Psalms 73:16
The day is thine, and the night is thine; 1 Thou hast prepared the sun and the moon. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
In Context
15Thou didst cleave fountains and torrents; 1 Thou driedst up mighty rivers. 1
17Thou hast made all the borders of the earth; 1 Thou hast made summer and spring. 1
Cross References
Psalms 36:6And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, 1 And thy judgment as the noonday. 1
Psalms 77:19They spoke also against God, and said, 1 Will God be able to prepare a table in the wilderness? 1
Proverbs 30:2For I am the most simple of all men, and there is not in me the wisdom of men.
Ecclesiastes 8:17And I beheld all the works of God, 1 That a man shall not be able to discover 1 The work which is wrought under the sun; 1 Whatsoever things a man shall endeavor to seek, 1 However a man may labor to seek it, 1 Yet he shall not find it; 1 Yea, how much soever a wise man may speak of knowing it, 1 He shall not be able to find it: 1 For I applied all this to my heart, 1 And my heart has seen all this.
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 →