Psalms 73:22
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
Psalms 73:22 in other translations
| BSB | I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You. |
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| WEB | I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you. |
| ASV | So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee. |
| YLT | And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee. |
| DARBY | Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was as a beast with thee. |
| BBE | As for me, I was foolish, and without knowledge; I was like a beast before you. |
| Webster | So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. |
What does Psalms 73:22 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 73:21-22
21-22. He confesses how-- foolish--literally, "stupid," and ignorant--literally, "not discerning," had been his course of thought.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 73:21-28
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…
Psalms 73:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 73:22
- Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
- Psalms 92:6
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
- Isaiah 1:3
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
- Psalms 49:10
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
- Psalms 32:9
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
- Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
- Job 18:3
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
- Psalms 69:5
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
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Context
- Psalms 73:21
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
- Psalms 73:22
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
- Psalms 73:23
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
Psalms 73:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas yo era ignorante, y no entendía: era como una bestia acerca de ti. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | J’étais alors stupide et je n’avais pas de connaissance; j’étais avec toi comme une brute. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da war ich dumm und wußte nichts; ein Tier war ich bei dir. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Exsurge, Deus, judica causam tuam; memor esto improperiorum tuorum, eorum quæ ab insipiente sunt tota die. |