Psalms 73:16
Though I tried to understand these things, 1 it was too difficult for me. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
In Context
17Then I went into God's sanctuary 1 and came to understand their fate. 1
Cross References
Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; 1 your judgments are like the great deep. 1 Yahweh, you preserve both mankind and the animals. 1
Psalms 77:19Your path went through the sea 1 and your way through the surging waters, 1 but your footprints were not seen. 1
Proverbs 30:2Surely I am more like an animal than any human 1 and I do not have the understanding of a human being. 1
Ecclesiastes 8:17then I considered all of God's deeds, and that man cannot understand the work that is done under the sun. No matter how much a man labors to find the answers, he will not find them. Even though a wise man might believe he knows, he really does not.
John 16:18Therefore they said, “What is this that he says, 'A short amount of time'? We do not know what he is talking about.”
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 →