The Meaning of Psalms 73:16 Explained

Psalms 73:16

KJV: When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

YLT: And I think to know this, Perverseness it is in mine eyes,

Darby: When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;

ASV: When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

When I thought  to know  this, it [was] too painful  for me; 

What does Psalms 73:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Psalms 73

1  The prophet, prevailing in a temptation
2  Shows the occasion thereof, the prosperity of the wicked
13  The wound given thereby, diffidence
15  The victory over it, knowledge of God's purpose

What do the individual words in Psalms 73:16 mean?

And when I thought [how] to understand this too painful it it [was] for me
וָֽ֭אֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַ֣עַת זֹ֑את עָמָ֖ל היא [ה֣וּא] (בְעֵינָֽי)

וָֽ֭אֲחַשְּׁבָה  And  when  I  thought  [how] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular, third person feminine singular
Root: חָשַׁב 
Sense: to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count.
לָדַ֣עַת  to  understand 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
זֹ֑את  this 
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
עָמָ֖ל  too  painful 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עָמָל  
Sense: .
[ה֣וּא]  it  [was] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
(בְעֵינָֽי)  for  me 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, cdc, first person common singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.