Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
Parallel translations
- WEB Until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
- BSB until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
- ESV until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.
- NKJV Until I went into the sanctuary of God; Then I understood their end.
- NASB Until I entered the sanctuary of God; Then I perceived their end.
- NLT Then I went into your sanctuary, O God, and I finally understood the destiny of the wicked.
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Quick answer
Everything changed when he entered God's sanctuary and there grasped the final end of the wicked.
Overview
The turning point of the psalm comes in worship, where Asaph gains an eternal perspective. In God's presence he sees that the prosperity of the wicked is fleeting and their end is destruction. True understanding of life's apparent injustices comes through drawing near to God, a nearness opened fully to us through Christ (Hebrews 10:19-22).
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Cross-references · 11
- Ps 77:13Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
- Luke 12:20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
- Ps 27:4One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
- Eccl 8:12–13Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
- Ps 63:2To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
- Ps 37:37–38Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
- Ps 119:24Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
- Job 27:8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
- Jer 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
- Ps 119:130The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
- Luke 16:22–23And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
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