SEV Biblia, Chapter 73:17
Hasta que venga al santuario de Dios, entonces entenderé la postrimería de ellos.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Psalms 72:17
Verse 17. Until I went into the sanctuary ] Until, in the use of thy ordinances, I entered into a deep consideration of thy secret counsels, and considered the future state of the righteous and the wicked; that the unequal distribution of temporal good and evil argued a future judgment; that the present is a state of trial; and that God exercises his followers according to his godly wisdom and tender mercy. Then light sprang up in my mind, and I was assured that all these exercises were for our benefit, and that the prosperity of the wicked here was a prelude to their destruction. And this I saw to be their end. That this Psalm was written during the captivity, there is little room to doubt. How then can the psalmist speak of the sanctuary? There was none at Babylon; and at Jerusalem it had been long since destroyed? There is no way to solve this difficulty but by considering that ydqm mikdeshey may be taken in the sense of holy places-places set apart for prayer and meditation. And that the captives had such places in them captivity, there can be no doubt; and the place that is set apart to meet God in, for prayer, supplication, confession of sin, and meditation, is holy unto the Lord; and is, therefore, his sanctuary, whether a house or the open field. Calmet thinks by holy meditations a view of the Divine secrets, to which he refers, ver. 24, is here meant.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 15-20 - The psalmist having shown the progress of his temptation, shows ho faith and grace prevailed. He kept up respect for God's people, an with that he restrained himself from speaking what he had though amiss. It is a sign that we repent of the evil thoughts of the heart if we suppress them. Nothing gives more offence to God's children, tha to say it is vain to serve God; for there is nothing more contrary to their universal experience. He prayed to God to make this matter plai to him; and he understood the wretched end of wicked people; even in the height of their prosperity they were but ripening for ruin. The sanctuary must be the resort of a tempted soul. The righteous man' afflictions end in peace, therefore he is happy; the wicked man' enjoyments end in destruction, therefore he is miserable. The prosperity of the wicked is short and uncertain, slippery places. Se what their prosperity is; it is but a vain show, it is only a corrup imagination, not substance, but a mere shadow; it is as a dream, whic may please us a little while we are slumbering, yet even then i disturbs our repose.
Original Hebrew
עד 5704 אבוא 935 אל 413 מקדשׁי 4720 אל 410 אבינה 995 לאחריתם׃ 319
