Bible verse

Psalm 73:17

until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.

Psalm 73:17 · BSB

Psalm 73:17 in context

The verses around it, from Psalm 73.

13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.

14 For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.

15 If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.

16 When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight

17 until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.

18 Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

19 How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

20 Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.

21 When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,

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Psalm 73:17 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.

ERV

Until I went into the sanctuary of God, and considered their latter end.

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