Psalms 73 · Verse 17

Psalms 73:17

Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

Psalms 73:17, King James Version

Psalms 73:17 in other translations

BSB	until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
WEB	until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
ASV	Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.
YLT	Till I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end.
DARBY	Until I went into the sanctuaries of God; then understood I their end.
BBE	Till I went into God's holy place, and saw the end of the evil-doers.
Webster	Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end.

What does Psalms 73:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 73:16-17

16-17. Still he-- thought--literally, "studied," or, "pondered this riddle"; but in vain; it remained a toil (compare Margin), till he--

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 17 Until I went into the sanctuary - Until, in the use of thy ordinances, I entered into a deep consideration of thy secret counsels, and considered the future state of the righteous and the wicked; that the unequal distribution of temporal good and evil argued a future judgment; that the present is a state of trial; and that God exercises his followers according to his godly wisdom and tender mercy. Then light sprang up in my mind, and I was assured that all these exercises were for our benefit, and that the prosperity of the wicked here was a prelude to their destruction. And this I saw to be their end. That this Psalm was written during the captivity, there is little room to doubt. How then can the psalmist speak of the sanctuary? There was none at Babylon; and at Jerusalem it had been long since destroyed? There is no way to solve this difficulty but by considering that מקדשי mikdeshey may be taken in the sense of holy places - places set apart for prayer and meditation. And that the captives had such places in them captivity, there can be no doubt; and the place that is set apart to meet God in, for prayer, supplication, confession of sin, and meditation, is holy unto the Lord; and is, therefore, his sanctuary, whether a house or the open field. Calmet thinks by holy meditations a view of the Divine secrets, to which he refers, Psa 73:24, is here meant.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 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…

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Psalms 73:17 in the original Hebrew

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עַד\־'ad-untilH5704

אָ֭בוֹא'A.Vo'I wentH935

אֶל\־'el-intoH413

מִקְדְּשֵׁי\־mik.de.shei-[the] sanctuari<es> ofH4720

אֵ֑ל'ElGodH410

אָ֝בִ֗ינָה'a.Vi.nahI consideredH995

לְאַחֲרִיתָֽם\׃le.'a.cha.ri.Tam<to> end theirH319

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 73:17

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?
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: But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
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.
Psalms 63:2
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Psalms 37:37-38
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalms 119:24
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
Psalms 119:130
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
Job 27:8
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Luke 16:22-23
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Until.
27:4; 63:2; 77:13; 119:24,130
then.
37:37,38; Job 27:8; Ec 8:12,13; Jer 5:31; Lu 12:20; 16:22,23

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Context

Psalms 73:16
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
Psalms 73:17
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
Psalms 73:18
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

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Psalms 73:17 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Hasta que venido al santuario de Dios, entenderé la postrimería de ellos.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Jusqu’à ce que je sois entré dans les sanctuaires de ✶Dieu …: j’ai compris leur fin.
German Elberfelder 1871	bis ich hineinging in die Heiligtümer Gottes und jener Ende gewahrte.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Tu fecisti omnes terminos terræ; æstatem et ver tu plasmasti ea.