Psalms 73:22

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 a dream when one awakes, thus when You arise, my Lord, You will despise their form. 21When my heart was embittered and I was pierced in my heart, I was brutish and ignorant. I was like a beast before You. 23Yet I am continually with You. You hold my right hand. 24You guide me with Your counsel, and afterward You will take me into glory.

Psalms 73:22 word by word

וַאֲנִי־בַ֭עַר וְלֹ֣א אֵדָ֑ע בְּ֝הֵמ֗וֹת הָיִ֥יתִי עִמָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So foolishבַּ֫עַרba‛ar · stupidH1198
• I, and ignorantיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• a beastבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929

Cross-references for Psalms 73:22

• Psalms 69:5Those who hate me without a cause outnumber the hairs of my head. Powerful are my enemies who would destroy me with lies. What I did not steal, must I restore?
• Psalms 92:6How great are Your works, Adonai! How profound are Your thoughts!
• Proverbs 30:2“Surely I am more stupid than any man and do not have a man’s understanding.
• Ecclesiastes 3:18I also said in my heart, “As for the sons of man, God tests them so that they may see that they are but animals.”
• Psalms 32:9Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding, and must be held in with bit and bridle or they will not come to you.”
• Isaiah 1:3The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its 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

Topics related to Psalms 73:22

• Blindness
• Humility
• Integrity
• Meditation
• Murmuring
• Repentance
• Rich, the
• Sin
• Temptation
• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

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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