Psalms 73:16
When I reasoned, that I might understand this, A vexation, it was in mine eyes:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
In Context
15If I had thought, I will relate it thus, Lo! the circle of thy sons, had I betrayed.
17Until I could enter the holy places of God,—Could give heed to their hereafter:—
Cross References
Psalms 36:6Thy righteousness, is like mighty mountains, and, thy just decrees, are a great resounding deep,—Man and beast, thou savest, O Yahweh!
Psalms 77:19In the sea, was thy way, And, thy path, in the mighty waters, And, thy footprints, could not be known:
Proverbs 30:2Surely, more brutish, am, I, than any man, nor doth, the understanding of a son of earth, pertain to me;
Ecclesiastes 8:17Then I considered all the work of God, that man could not find out the work that was done under the sun, inasmuch as man toileth in seeking and yet cannot find,—yea, even though the wise man should say he knoweth, yet can he not find it out.
John 16:18They were saying, therefore—What is this which he saith:—A little while? We know not [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 →