Psalms 73:16

16 When I tried to understand all this, I found it too hard for me -

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 for all day long I am plagued; my punishment comes every morning.

15 If I had said, "I will talk like them,"I would have betrayed a generation of your children.

16 When I tried to understand all this, I found it too hard for me -

17 until I went into the sanctuaries of God and grasped what their destiny would be.

18 Indeed, you place them on a slippery slope and make them fall to their ruin.