Psalms 73:22
And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
In Context
21For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves,
23And I [am] continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand.
Cross References
Job 18:3Wherefore have we been reckoned as cattle? We have been defiled in your eyes!
Psalms 49:10For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.
Psalms 92:6A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; —
Proverbs 30:2For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.
Isaiah 1:3An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood.
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 →