God’s Word Translation
Psalms 73:22
22I was stupid, and I did not understand. I was like a dumb animal in your presence.
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 ⌞someone⌟ gets rid of a dream when he wakes up, so you, O Lord, get rid of the thought of them when you wake up. 21When my heart was filled with bitterness and my mind was seized ⌞with envy⌟, I was stupid, and I did not understand. I was like a dumb animal in your presence. 23Yet, I am always with you. You hold on to my right hand. 24With your advice you guide me, and in the end you will take 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 69:5O God, you know my stupidity, and the things of which I am guilty are not hidden from you.
- Psalms 92:6A stupid person cannot know and a fool cannot understand
- Proverbs 30:2I’m more ⌞like⌟ a dumb animal than a human being. I don’t ⌞even⌟ have human understanding.
- Ecclesiastes 3:18I thought to myself, “God is going to test humans in order to show them that they are ⌞like⌟ animals.”
- Psalms 32:9Don’t be stubborn like a horse or mule. ⌞They need⌟ a bit and bridle in their mouth to restrain them, or they will not come near you.”
- Isaiah 1:3Oxen know their owners, and donkeys know where their masters feed them. But Israel doesn’t know ⌞its owner⌟. My people don’t understand ⌞who feeds them⌟.
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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