Psalms 73:22
Then was I stupid and without understanding; I was like one of the brutes before thee.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
In Context
21When my heart was vexed And I was pierced in my reins,
23Yet am I ever under thy care; By my right hand thou dost hold me up.
Cross References
Job 18:3Why are we accounted as brutes, And reputed vile in your sight?
Psalms 49:10For he seeth that wise men die, As well as the foolish and the ignorant; They perish alike, And leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 92:6But the unwise man knoweth not this, And the fool understandeth it not.
Proverbs 30:2Truly I am more stupid than any man; There is not in me 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 do 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 →