Psalms 73:16
14 For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
15 If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight
17 until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
18 Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight
- KJV
- When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
- WEB
- When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me—
- ASV
- When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;
- DARBY
- When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
- BLB
- And I thought to know this—it [was] toil in my eyes—
- ÅB
- Og jeg tenkte etter for å forstå dette[^3]; det var en plage i mine øyne
- OTB
- Da jeg prøvde å forstå dette,
Var det en byrde for meg - B1930
- Og jeg tenkte efter for å forstå dette; det var en plage i mine øine / < SLM 73, 3-14.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 8:17
I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.
Read in contextJohn 16:18–19
They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.”
Read in contextProverbs 30:2–3
Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
Read in contextRomans 11:33
O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
Read in contextPsalms 97:2
Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
Read in contextLuke 18:32–34
He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.
Read in contextPsalms 77:19
Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
Read in contextPsalms 36:6
Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
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