Psalms 73:16
When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight
Majority Standard Bible
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 this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
17until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
Cross References
Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
Psalms 77:19Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
Proverbs 30:2Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
Ecclesiastes 8:17I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.
John 16:18They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.”
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 →