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Psalms 73:22
22Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee.
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
20As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image. 21When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins, Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee. 23Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand; 24Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me.
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וַאֲנִי־בַ֭עַר וְלֹ֣א אֵדָ֑ע בְּ֝הֵמ֗וֹת הָיִ֥יתִי עִמָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 73:22
- Psalms 69:5Thou, O God, knowest my foolishness, and my trespasses are not hidden from thee.
- 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.
- Ecclesiastes 3:18I said in my heart, It is thus with the children of men, that God may prove them, and that they should see that they themselves are but beasts.
- Psalms 32:9Be ye not as a horse, as a mule, which have no understanding: whose trappings must be bit and bridle, for restraint, or they will not come unto thee.
- Isaiah 1:3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; Israel doth not know, my people hath no intelligence.
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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