Psalms 73:16

Ecclesiastes 8:17; John 16:18; John 16:19; Luke 18:32-34; Proverbs 30:2; Proverbs 30:3; Psalms 36:6; Psalms 39:6; Psalms 77:19; Psalms 97:2; Romans 11:33

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When I thought to know this - When I endeavored to comprehend this, or to explain it to myself. The idea is that he “thought” on the subject, or...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

BOOK III. PSS. LXXIII.- LXXXIX. LXXIII. The Hope of Immortality. Here the Psalter reaches its highest elevation. Job, in Job 19:25 f.*, believe...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

thought . pondered [it]. Compare the same word in Psalms 77:5 . know . reconcile, or understand. too painful for me . vexation in mine eyes.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. Although I applied my mind to know this. The first verb חשב, chashab, which he employs, properly signifies to reckon or count,...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; When I thought to know this - When I reviewed the history of our fathers, I saw that, thoug...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. -The mental conflict which resulted in the Psalmist's mind f...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

To know] RV 'how I might, know.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When I thought... — i.e., when I reflected in order to know this — when I tried to think the matter out, get at the bottom of it. (For the sense...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 73:1-28 THE perennial problem of reconciling God's moral government with observed facts is grappled with in this psalm, as in Psalms 37:1-...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

The true place in which to form a right estimate of life is where Asaph found it-in the sanctuary of God; because from its elevation and the purity o...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The marginal reading, "Only good is God to Israel," indicates the real value of the song. Israel has no other good, and needs no other. Yet it is not...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! do mark what it was which the Lord blessed to the mind of his servant: namely, his visits to the sanctuary. It is in God's house that we are...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE RECTIFYING INFLUENCE OF THE SANCTUARY ‘Then thought I to understand this; but it was too hard for me, until I went into the sanctuary of God:...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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, an...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When I thought to know this To find out the reason and meaning of this mysterious course of Divine Providence, it was too painful for me I found...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To know this; to find out the reason of this mysterious course of thy providence. It was too painful for me; I was gravelled with the difficulty....
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 73 First, there is in this Psalm a description of the prosperity of the wicked, and of that hauteur and pride which they in their prosperit...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

When I thought to know this, to get a satisfactory explanation of the riddle presented in the situation, it was too painful for me, his pondering r...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To know — To find out the reason of this providence.

¹⁶ When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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