| Psalm 73:16 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | When I pondered to understand this, It was troublesome in my sight (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | But when I tried to understand this, it was too difficult for me.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; |
| ASV: | When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me; |
| BBE: | When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes; |
| DBY: | When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes; |
| ERV: | When I thought how I might know this, it was too painful for me; |
| JPS: | And when I pondered how I might know this, it was wearisome in mine eyes; |
| WBS: | When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; |
| WEB: | When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me; |
| YLT: | And I think to know this, Perverseness it is in mine eyes, |
| Psalm 73:16 Cross References |
| XREF: | Ecclesiastes 8:17 and I saw every work of God, I concluded that man cannot discover the work which has been done under the sun. Even though man should seek laboriously, he will not discover; and though the wise man should say, "I know," he cannot discover. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| WES: | 73:16 To know - To find out the reason of this providence. |
| MHC: | 73:15-20 The psalmist having shown the progress of his temptation, shows how faith and grace prevailed. He kept up respect for God's people, and with that he restrained himself from speaking what he had thought amiss. It is a sign that we repent of the evil thoughts of the heart, if we suppress them. Nothing gives more offence to God's children, than to say it is vain to serve God; for there is nothing more contrary to their universal experience. He prayed to God to make this matter plain to him; and he understood the wretched end of wicked people; even in the height of their prosperity they were but ripening for ruin. The sanctuary must be the resort of a tempted soul. The righteous man's afflictions end in peace, therefore he is happy; the wicked man's enjoyments end in destruction, therefore he is miserable. The prosperity of the wicked is short and uncertain, slippery places. See what their prosperity is; it is but a vain show, it is only a corrupt imagination, not substance, but a mere shadow; it is as a dream, which may please us a little while we are slumbering, yet even then it disturbs our repose. |
| CONC: | Able Grievous Oppressive Painful Perverseness Pondered Reason Seemed Sight Task Thoughts Tried Troublesome Understand Weariness Wearisome |
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