Psalms 73:22
So I was brutish, and ignorant. I was a beast before thee.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
In Context
21For my soul was grieved, and I was pricked in my heart.
23Nevertheless I am continually with thee. Thou have held my right hand.
Cross References
Job 18:3Why are we counted as beasts, [and] have become unclean in your sight?
Psalms 49:10For he shall see it. Wise men die. The fool and the brutish alike perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 92:6A brutish man knows not, nor does a fool understand this.
Proverbs 30:2Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man,
Isaiah 1:3The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib, [but] Israel does not know; my people does not consider.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 73:22-28
Devout Confidence. 21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. 22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. 23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. 24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. 26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. 27 For, lo, they that are far… Read the whole commentary →