Psalms 73:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes;

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  • Eccl 8:17 : 17 Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.
  • Luke 18:32-34 : 32 For he will be given up to the Gentiles, and will be made sport of and put to shame: 33 And he will be given cruel blows and put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life. 34 But they did not take in the sense of any of these words, and what he said was not clear to them, and their minds were not able to see it.
  • John 16:18-19 : 18 So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us. 19 Jesus saw that they had a desire to put the question to him, so he said to them, Is this what you are questioning one with another, why I said, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me?
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.
  • Ps 36:6 : 6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judging is like the great deep; O Lord, you give life to man and beast.
  • Ps 39:6 : 6 Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.
  • Ps 77:19 : 19 Your way was in the sea, and your road in the great waters; there was no knowledge of your footsteps.
  • Ps 97:2 : 2 Dark clouds are round him; his kingdom is based on righteousness and right judging.
  • Prov 30:2-3 : 2 For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man: 3 I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 17 Till I went into God's holy place, and saw the end of the evil-doers.

  • Ps 73:21-22
    2 verses
    78%

    21 My heart was made bitter, and I was pained by the bite of grief:

    22 As for me, I was foolish, and without knowledge; I was like a beast before you.

  • 6 Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it.

  • Ps 73:14-15
    2 verses
    77%

    14 For I have been troubled all the day; every morning have I undergone punishment.

    15 If I would make clear what it is like, I would say, You are false to the generation of your children.

  • 3 Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

  • Eccl 7:23-25
    3 verses
    75%

    23 All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.

    24 Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?

    25 I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

  • Eccl 1:16-18
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    16 I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem--yes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.

    17 And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.

    18 Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.

  • Ps 73:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2 But as for me, my feet had almost gone from under me; I was near to slipping;

    3 Because of my envy of the men of pride, when I saw the well-being of the wrongdoers.

  • 17 My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me.

  • 13 And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

  • 18 Sorrow has come on me! my heart in me is feeble.

  • 19 Sorrow is mine for I am wounded! my wound may not be made well; and I said, Cruel is my disease, I may not be free from it.

  • 15 What am I to say? seeing that it is he who has done it: all my time of sleeping I am turning from side to side without rest.

  • 3 If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!

  • Ps 39:2-4
    3 verses
    72%

    2 I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I was moved with sorrow.

    3 My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I said with my tongue,

    4 Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.

  • 11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.

  • 23 O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

  • 4 My heart is deeply wounded, and the fear of death has come on me.

  • Job 23:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15 For this cause I am in fear before him, my thoughts of him overcome me.

    16 For God has made my heart feeble, and my mind is troubled before the Ruler of all.

  • 3 When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.

  • 32 ...

  • 10 So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.

  • 23 For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.

  • 11 And they say, How will the Lord see this? is there knowledge in the Most High?

  • 3 I have not got wisdom by teaching, so that I might have the knowledge of the Holy One.

  • 3 The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.

  • 1 I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath.

  • 16 When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),

  • 20 So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.

  • 6 If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me?

  • 3 For this cause I am full of bitter grief; pains like the pains of a woman in childbirth have come on me: I am bent down with sorrow at what comes to my ears; I am shocked by what I see.

  • 3 I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)

  • 15 Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.

  • 10 And I said, It is a weight on my spirit; but I will keep in mind the years of the right hand of the Most High.

  • 10 I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me.

  • 10 No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand.

  • 18 And the Lord gave me knowledge of it and I saw it: then you made clear to me their doings.

  • 4 Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.

  • 6 I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.

  • 16 As for me, I have not said; Let the day of trouble come to them quickly; and I have not been hoping for the death-giving day; you have knowledge of what came from my lips; it was open before you.