Psalms 73:22
20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
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Compare
- BSB
- I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
- KJV
- So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
- 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.
- DARBY
- Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee.
- BLB
- And I [was] brutish and could not know; I was a beast before You.
- ÅB
- da var jeg ufornuftig og forsto intet; som et dyr var jeg imot deg.
- OTB
- Var jeg sanseløs og uvitende;
Jeg var som et ufornuftig dyr foran deg. - B1930
- da var jeg ufornuftig og forstod intet; som et dyr var jeg imot dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.
Read in contextPsalms 92:6
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:3
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Read in contextPsalms 49:10
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Read in contextPsalms 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.
Read in contextProverbs 30:2
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
Read in contextJob 18:3
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
Read in contextPsalms 69:5
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
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