Psalms Chapter 73 verse 17 Holy Bible
Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.
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Till I went into God's holy place, and saw the end of the evil-doers.
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Until I went into the sanctuaries of ùGod; [then] understood I their end.
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Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
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Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end.
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Until I entered God's sanctuary, And considered their latter end.
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Till I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end.
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Psalms 73 : 17 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - Until I went into the sanctuary of God; literally, the sanctuaries (comp. Psalm 68:35; Psalm 84:1; Psalm 132:7). The three subdivisions of beth the tabernacle and the first temple, viz. the court, the holy place, and the holy of holies, constituted three sanctuaries. The psalmist, in his perplexity, took his doubts into the sanctuary of God, and there, "in the calmness of the sacred court" (Kay), reconsidered the hard problem. Compare Hezekiah's action with the perplexing letter of Sennacherib (2 Kings 19:14). Then understood I their end. There came to him in the sanctuary the thought that, to judge aright of the happiness or misery of any man, it is necessary to await the end (comp. Herod., 1:32; Soph., 'OEd. Tyr.,' ad fin.; Eurip., 'Andromach.,' 50:100; Aristot., ' Eth. Nic.,' 1:10).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) Then understood I . . .--Rather, I considered their end. The Temple service, with its blessings on righteousness, and stern warnings against wickedness, as they were read from the Book of the Law or from one of the prophets, or were chanted from some ancient song, gave the needed turn to the psalmist's speculations. He began to think not of the present, but the future; not of the advantages of sin, but its consequences--but still consequences in this world, the thought of a hereafter not having established itself sufficiently to have an ethical force.