過去這幾天，我們看到詩人是怎樣處於一個阻止自己滑倒，和開始往上攀爬的夾縫中。我們說這是一個相當關鍵的時刻，因為它會令我們喜歡接受容易的答案。詩人的困惑沒有在他阻止自己跌倒時結束，他的思想仍然混亂，導致他繼續處於痛苦中。

最後他那因為「不敬虔人得到興盛」的怒氣是如何獲得平復的呢？他不是緊抓問題表面的答案，而是藉著進入了神的聖所，在那裡開始從神的角度去審視整個局面。請聽他怎麼說：「我思索怎能明白這事，眼看實係為難；等我進了神的聖所，思想他們的結局」（詩七十三16-17）。「聖所」這個詞在這裡指神在物質上的房子，有些翻譯是「等我進了神的奧秘」，這個譯法不正確，因為在詩篇七十四篇和七十六篇，讓我們看到那是指敬拜神的一個實在的地方。

我在猜想詩人有沒有好像我們一樣，在充滿疑惑和無所適從的時候遠離神的聖所？有一個奇怪的現象是當我們心裡充滿疑惑和誤解的時候，我們最不想做的事情，就是在神的殿裡與其他信徒見面，可是實際上那卻是我們最應該做的事情。

Over the past few days we have seen how the psalmist was caught in the hiatus between the moment when he stopped himself from sliding and the moment when he started to climb again. This, we said, is a very critical time - critical because it makes us inclined to accept easy answers. The perplexity did not end when the psalmist stopped himself from slipping. His thoughts still went around in circles and he continued to have great anguish of heart and mind.

How, then, were his thoughts concerning the prosperity of the ungodly resolved? Not by grabbing at superficial answers, but by going into the sanctuary of God, where he could begin to see the whole situation from God's point of view. Listen to how he puts it: "When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me till 1 entered the sanctuary of God, then I understood their final destiny" (Psa. 73:16-17). The word "sanctuary" here literally means the physical house of God. Some translations use the phrase, "till I entered the secret of God", but that is incorrect. Read Psalm 74 and read Psalm 76 and you will find that they both refer to the material building where God was worshipped.

Had the psalmist, I wonder, like so many of us when we are filled with doubt and uncertainty, stayed away from the sanctuary of God? How strange that the last thing we want to do when our hearts are filled with doubts and misunderstandings is meet with our fellow believers in the house of God. Yet that is the very first thing we ought to do.