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Psalms Chapter 73 verse 16 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 73:16

When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;
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BBE Psalms 73:16

When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes;
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DARBY Psalms 73:16

When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
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KJV Psalms 73:16

When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
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WBT Psalms 73:16

When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
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WEB Psalms 73:16

When I tried to understand this, It was too painful for me;
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YLT Psalms 73:16

And I think to know this, Perverseness it `is' in mine eyes,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - When I thought to know this; literally, and I meditated, that I might understand this. A process of careful thought and consideration is implied, during which the psalmist tried hard to understand the method of God's government, and to explain to himself its seeming anomalies. But he says, It was too painful for me. He did not succeed; he was baffled and perplexed, and the whole effort was a pain and a grief to him.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) 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 of the verb, comp. Psalm 78:5; Proverbs 16:9.)It was too painful.--See margin.