American Standard Version
"When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me; "
— Psalms 73:16, American Standard Version
“When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;”
“When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;”
“When I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling to me.”
“Thine is the day, and thine is the night: thou hast made the morning light and the sun.”
“When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes;”
“When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;”
Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;
For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.
If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;
Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.
Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.
How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.