Psalm 73:16

16 But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me ¹a wearisome task,

Psalm 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 ) .

Psalm 73:16 In-Context

14 For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning.

15 If I had said, “I will speak thus, ”I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

16 But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,

17 until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.

18 Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin.

Cross References

• 1. 73:16 Eccles. 8:17