Psa 73:11-17 | JFB | STEP | 10-12. Hence God's people are confounded, turned hither (or back) and thither, perplexed with doubts of God's knowledge and care, and filled with sorrow.

‏ Psalms 73:11-17

10-12. Hence God's people are confounded, turned hither (or back) and thither, perplexed with doubts of God's knowledge and care, and filled with sorrow.

13-14. The Psalmist, partaking of these troubles, is especially disturbed in view of his own case, that with all his diligent efforts for a holy life, he is still sorely tried.

15. Freed from idiomatic phrases, this verse expresses a supposition, as, "Had I thus spoken, I should," &c., intimating that he had kept his troubles to himself.

generation of thy children--Thy people (1Jo 3:1).

offend--literally, "deceive, mislead."

16-17. Still he--

thought--literally, "studied," or, "pondered this riddle"; but in vain; it remained a toil (compare Margin), till he--