Psalms 73:16

16 I tried to understand it all. But it was more than I could handle.

Psalms 73:16 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 73:16

When I thought to know this
How to reconcile the prosperity of the wicked, and the afflictions of the righteous, to the perfections of God, and his wise providence in the government of the world, by the mere dint of reason, without consulting the sacred oracles, or his own and others' experience:

it was too painful for me:
too laborious and toilsome, a work he was not equal to; "hic labor, hoc opus"; see ( Ecclesiastes 8:17 ) .

Psalms 73:16 In-Context

14 Day after day I've been in pain. God has punished me every morning.

15 What if I had said, "I will speak as evil people do"? Then I wouldn't have been faithful to God's children.

16 I tried to understand it all. But it was more than I could handle.

17 It troubled me until I entered God's temple. Then I understood what will happen to bad people in the end.

18 God, I'm sure you will make them slip and fall. You will throw them down and destroy them.