Psalms 73:22
Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
In Context
21When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,
23Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand;
Cross References
Job 18:3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed stupid in your sight?
Psalms 49:10For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 92:6A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand it.
Proverbs 30:2Truly *I* am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.
Isaiah 1:3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; Israel doth not know, my people hath no intelligence.
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 →