Psalm 73:16

16 And I undertook to understand this, but it is too hard for me,

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 I was plagued all the day, and my reproof was every morning.

15 If I said, I will speak thus; behold, I should have broken covenant with the generation of thy children.

16 And I undertook to understand this, but it is too hard for me,

17 until I go into the sanctuary of God; and so understand the latter end.

18 Surely thou hast appointed judgments to them because of their crafty dealings: thou hast cast them down when they were lifted up.