Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
The psalmist battles carnal reason itself, contending against what the eye sees: the wicked gorged in wealth and pleasure while mocking God, and the righteous crushed under troubles. He nearly cast off all care for religion at this sight. But he reproves his own rashness in judging from the present state alone, and learns that when God's providence runs its course as He has determined in secret counsel, the righteous will not be cheated of their reward, nor the wicked escape the judge.
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Commenting on Psalm 73:1-28
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.
He kept his mouth by remembering God's children; though his heart reasoned that he had cleansed it in vain, he would not speak the thought aloud. To utter evil is worse than to think it, it gives the poison an imprimatur and infects others. Better to lay your hand upon your mouth and let the error die with yourself than to publish your doubts and destroy the faith of those whom God owns as His own.
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Commenting on Psalm 73:15-20