Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 73:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 73:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 73:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Psalms, the person didn't understand why some people do bad things and seem happy until they went to a special place to be with God; then they realized what the future holds for those people.

Psalms 73:17: Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end.

Contradiction with Proverbs 10:16

While Psalms 73:17 suggests understanding comes from God's sanctuary, Proverbs 10:16 asserts that the outcome of life is based on righteousness versus wickedness, not divine insight.

Proverbs 10:16: The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

Psalms 73:17 implies justice for the wicked, whereas Ecclesiastes 8:14 laments the perceived lack of justice in life outcomes.

Ecclesiastes 8:14: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

Contradiction with Job 21:7

Psalms 73:17 leads to understanding the fate of the wicked, yet Job 21:7 questions why the wicked live prosperous lives, thus challenging this understanding.

Job 21:7: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1

This verse questions the prosperity of the wicked, contrasting the implication in Psalms 73:17 that divine insight provides understanding of their end.

Jeremiah 12:1: Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously? [talk...: or, reason the case with thee]

Contradiction with Habakkuk 1:13

The prophet questions why God tolerates treachery and injustice, contrasting the psalm's suggestion of eventual divine justice.

Habakkuk 1:13: [Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth [the man that is] more righteous than he? [iniquity: or, grievance]
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