Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 73:16 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“When I thought to know this, it {was} too painful for me; {too...: Heb. labour in mine eyes}”
Psalms 73:16
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. {chastened: Heb. my chastisement was}
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend {against} the generation of thy children.
When I thought to know this, it {was} too painful for me; {too...: Heb. labour in mine eyes}
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; {then} understood I their end.
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
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