Psalms 73:16

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

Psalms 73:16 · King James Version

In other versions

When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;
ASV
When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes;
BBE
When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
DBY
When I tried to understand this, It was too painful for me;
WEB
And I think to know this, Perverseness it `is' in mine eyes,
YLT
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
ENG
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
WBT
When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight
BSB

¹⁴For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

¹⁵If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

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

¹⁷Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

¹⁸Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.