Psalms 73:17
Until I went into the sanctuaries of God, And considered what was their end.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
In Context
16So, when I studied to know this, It was painful to my eyes;
18Behold! thou hast set them on slippery places; Thou castest them down into unseen pits.
Cross References
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the wicked, when God cutteth off his web, And taketh away his life?
Psalms 37:37Mark the righteous man, and behold the upright, That posterity is to the man of peace!
Psalms 77:13Thy ways, O God! are holy! Who so great a god as our God?
Psalms 119:24Thine ordinances are my delight; Yea, they are my counsellors.
Ecclesiastes 8:12But though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and have his days prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him.
Luke 12:20But God said to him, Fool! this night will thy soul he required of thee; and whose will those things be which thou hast laid up?
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 →