Berean Standard Bible
Psalms 73:22
22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
Psalms 73:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
- New International Version (NIV)I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I was so foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.
Context of Psalms 73:22
20Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form. 21When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within, I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You. 23Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand. 24You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
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וַאֲנִי־בַ֭עַר וְלֹ֣א אֵדָ֑ע בְּ֝הֵמ֗וֹת הָיִ֥יתִי עִמָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 73:22
- Psalms 69:5You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
- Psalms 92:6A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
- Proverbs 30:2Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
- Ecclesiastes 3:18I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
- Psalms 32:9Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.
- Isaiah 1:3The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”
Commentaries on Psalms 73:22
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22So foolish was I, and ignorant - Such low and imperfect views did I take of the subject. The margin is, “I knew not.” So the Hebrew: “And I am brutish, and know not;” that is, I did not understand the case; I had no correct views in regard to it. I was as a beast before thee - Margin, as in Hebrew, “with thee.” That is, in thy very presence; or, I was guilty of such foolishness in the very presence of my Maker. If it had been when I was alone, or when no…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-28Verses 21-28 God would not suffer his people to be tempted, if his grace were not sufficient, not only to save them from harm, but to make them gainers by it. This temptation, the working of envy and discontent, is very painful. In reflecting upon it, the psalmist owns it was his folly and ignorance thus to vex himself. If good men, at any time, through the surprise and strength of temptation, think, or speak, or act amiss, they will reflect upon it with…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-22The psalmist’s feelings about the prosperity of the wicked had given him a bitter spirit.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2221-22. He confesses how-- foolish--literally, "stupid," and ignorant--literally, "not discerning," had been his course of thought.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 73
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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