Psalms 73:16-17 - Compare All Versions

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If I’d have given in and talked like this, I would have betrayed your dear children. Still, when I tried to figure it out, all I got was a splitting headache . . . Until I entered the sanctuary of God. Then I saw the whole picture: The slippery road you’ve put them on, with a final crash in a ditch of delusions. In the blink of an eye, disaster! A blind curve in the dark, and—nightmare! We wake up and rub our eyes. . . . Nothing. There’s nothing to them. And there never was.

When I thought to know this, It was too painful for me; Until I went into the sanctuary of God; Then understood I their end.

When I pondered to understand this, It was troublesome in my sight Until I came into the sanctuary of God; Then I perceived their end.

I tried to understand all this, but it was too hard for me to see until I went to the Temple of God. Then I understood what will happen to them.

When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me; Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.

When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.

When I thought how to understand this, It was too painful for me— Until I went into the sanctuary of God; Then I understood their end.

When I considered how to understand this, It was too great an effort for me and too painful Until I came into the sanctuary of God; Then I understood [for I considered] their end.

So I tried to understand why the wicked prosper. But what a difficult task it is! Then I went into your sanctuary, O God, and I finally understood the destiny of the wicked.

When I tried to understand it all, I just couldn’t. It was too puzzling—too much of a riddle to me. But then one day I was brought into the sanctuaries of God, and in the light of glory, my distorted perspective vanished. Then I understood that the destiny of the wicked was near!

But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.