Psalms 73:22
But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
In Context
21For my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins.
23Nevertheless I am continually with Thee; Thou holdest my right hand.
Cross References
Job 18:3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed dull in your sight?
Psalms 49:10(49-11) For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 92:6(92-7) A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand this.
Proverbs 30:2Surely I am brutish, unlike a man, and have not the understanding of a man;
Isaiah 1:3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, My people doth 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 →