Psalm 73 part 3 

Fermentation should be done in the dark. Fortunately, v16 tells us he kept his doubts to himself.  

 It is a pitiful thing that an heir of heaven should have to confess ‘I was envious,’ but worse still that he should have to say, ‘I was envious of the arrogant’ V3. The following verses are Asaph’s reflections on the seemingly good life of the wicked. In v11 he asks, “Does God even know what’s happening” NLT. Finally, in vs15-17 he finds a new perspective. The crisis seemed to build and build for Asaph until he went into the house of the Lord. Asaph, as a Levite, had access to the newly constructed temple-sanctuary. There he gained an outlook on his problem that he did not have before. There he was able to see things from an eternal viewpoint, and he then ‘understood their end.’ The temple of Solomon was apparently sensationally spectacular, but what did he actually see there that was beyond his senses? He saw in visual and pantomime form the whole plan of salvation, from Eden lost to Eden Restored; he saw the gospel in type pictured in the sacrifices. He saw portrayed the fate of the wicked and the judgment of God upon a planet in rebellion. He recognized the present conditions will one day change and justice will be done! The sanctuary message teaches us to trust in the goodness and the justice of God. Suddenly, the wicked were the ones in ‘slippery places’(v18). The wicked will eventually fail and the righteous will prosper. Our doubts can be based on circumstances or ignorance of God’s providences. Take a look at the end! 

This world (your life) is but one act in the great drama of the ages and success or failure is determined by how the drama proceeds to the last act. Who in the end prospers and who fails? With an eternal perspective from the house of God, Asaph understood that the good life of the ungodly is really as fragile as a dream(v20), and they will soon wake to the reality of the ‘destruction,’ ‘desolation,’ and ‘terrors’ that are their portion.