Psalms 73:17
until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
BSB
ASV
Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.
KJV
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
Until I went into the sanctuary of God. His mind entered the eternity where God dwells as in a holy place, he left the things of sense for the things invisible, his heart gazed within the veil, he stood where the thrice holy God stands. Thus he shifted his point of view, and apparent disorder resolved itself into harmony.
Until - 'Till I consulted the word of God. He alludes to the practice of those times, which was, in difficult cases to resort to God's sanctuary, and the oracle therein. Their end - There I learned that their prosperity was short.
All is well that ends well, everlastingly well; but nothing well that ends ill, everlastingly ill. The righteous man's afflictions end in peace, and therefore he is happy; the wicked man's enjoyments end in destruction, and therefore he is miserable.
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Psalms 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the…
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O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah
For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
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Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
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For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will…
For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.