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Psalms 73:22
22I was stupid, and I did not understand you properly. I was no better than an animal.
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
20They will completely disappear, like a dream disappears after you wake up. Lord, when you decide to do something, you will forget that they were there! 21I was very upset, and my thoughts were confused. I was stupid, and I did not understand you properly. I was no better than an animal. 23But I am always near to you. You hold my right hand, as my guide. 24You teach me the right way to go, and you will lead me to glory.
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וַאֲנִי־בַ֭עַר וְלֹ֣א אֵדָ֑ע בְּ֝הֵמ֗וֹת הָיִ֥יתִי עִמָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 73:22
- Psalms 69:5You know, God, that I do foolish things. I cannot hide my sins from you.
- Psalms 92:6Here is something that stupid people do not know. Fools do not understand it.
- Proverbs 30:2I feel more stupid than any other person. I do not understand things as other people do.
- Ecclesiastes 3:18I also thought, ‘God wants people to know that they are like animals. That is why he tests us.
- Psalms 32:9Do not be like a silly horse, or a mule. You have to use a rope to show them which way to go. Without that, they will not obey you.
- Isaiah 1:3An ox knows its master. A donkey knows the place where its master feeds it. But Israel's people do not know me. My people do not understand me.’
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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