Psalms 73:17

17. I went into the sanctuary of God The word “sanctuary” is in the plural in Hebrew, which indicates that there were holy places where the word of God was read and taught. It may signify the total collection of the temple buildings, or other sacred places in the land for synagogue services. But the age of synagogues dates later than the occasion we have assigned to this psalm. If Psalms 74:0 belongs to the time of Nebuchadnezzar’s conquest of Judea, as is quite probable, then Psalms 73:8 proves that synagogues were earlier than the captivity. But the holy places of the text were probably the places within the temple buildings assigned for public teaching. It was here, in the sanctuaries, that the psalmist obtained the explanation of God’s equal ways with men.

Then understood I their end The “end,” here, is the period following the termination of life, that future where the results of this life are reached. The Hebrew word is clearly marked with this eschatological signification. See Psalms 37:37-38; Proverbs 16:25; Proverbs 19:20; Proverbs 5:4-11, (English version, at the last.)