Psalms 73:17 · KJV
“Until I went into the sanctuary of God; {then} understood I their end.”
— Psalms 73:17
When I thought to know this, it {was} too painful for me; {too...: Heb. labour in mine eyes}
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Psalms 73 — Context
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend {against} the generation of thy children.
16When I thought to know this, it {was} too painful for me; {too...: Heb. labour in mine eyes}
17Until I went into the sanctuary of God; {then} understood I their end.
18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
19How are they {brought} into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Cross References
Psalms 77:13
Thy way, O God, {is} in the sanctuary: who {is so} great a God as {our} God?
Luke 12:20
But God said unto him, {Thou} fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? {thy...: Gr. do they require thy soul}
Ecclesiastes 8:12-13
Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his {days} be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
Psalms 27:4
One {thing} have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. {the beauty: or, the delight}
Psalms 37:37-38
Mark the perfect {man}, and behold the upright: for the end of {that} man {is} peace.
Psalms 63:2
To see thy power and thy glory, so {as} I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Psalms 119:24
Thy testimonies also {are} my delight {and} my counsellors. {my counsellors: Heb. men of my counsel}
Job 27:8
For what {is} the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?