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Psalms 73:16

When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

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In Context

15If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

17Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

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Cross References

Psalms 36:6Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

Psalms 77:19Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

Proverbs 30:2Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

Ecclesiastes 8:17Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

John 16:18They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.

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 →

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