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16 Though I tried to understand all this,
    it was too difficult for me,
17 Till I entered the sanctuary of God
    and came to understand their end.[a]

III

18 You set them, indeed, on a slippery road;
    you hurl them down to ruin.

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Footnotes

  1. 73:17 And came to understand their end: the psalmist receives a double revelation in the Temple: 1) the end of the wicked comes unexpectedly (Ps 73:18–20); 2) God is with me.

16 When I tried to understand(A) all this,
    it troubled me deeply
17 till I entered the sanctuary(B) of God;
    then I understood their final destiny.(C)

18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;(D)
    you cast them down to ruin.(E)

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