Psalms 73:17
Vntill I went into the Sanctuarie of God: then vnderstoode I their ende.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
In Context
16Then thought I to know this, but it was too painefull for me,
18Surely thou hast set them in slipperie places, and castest them downe into desolation.
Cross References
Job 27:8For what hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped vp riches, if God take away his soule?
Psalms 37:37Marke the vpright man, and beholde the iust: for the end of that man is peace.
Psalms 77:13Thy way, O God, is in the Sanctuarie: who is so great a God as our God!
Psalms 119:24Also thy testimonies are my delite, and my counsellers.
Ecclesiastes 8:12Though a sinner doe euill an hundreth times, and God prolongeth his dayes, yet I knowe that it shalbe well with them that feare the Lord, and doe reuerence before him.
Luke 12:20But God said vnto him, O foole, this night wil they fetch away thy soule from thee: then whose shall those things be which thou hast prouided?
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 →