Psalms 73:16
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
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.
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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
Then 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.
Read in contextJohn 16:18–19
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
Read in contextProverbs 30:2–3
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
Read in contextRomans 11:33
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Read in contextPsalms 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Read in contextLuke 18:32–34
For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
Read in contextPsalms 77:19
Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Read in contextPsalms 36:6
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
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