Psalms 73:22 · KJV
“So foolish {was} I, and ignorant: I was {as} a beast before thee. {ignorant: Heb. I knew not} {before Heb. with}”
— Psalms 73:22
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
Nevertheless I {am} continually with thee: thou hast holden {me} by my right hand.
Psalms 73 — Context
As a dream when {one} awaketh; {so}, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22So foolish {was} I, and ignorant: I was {as} a beast before thee. {ignorant: Heb. I knew not} {before Heb. with}
23Nevertheless I {am} continually with thee: thou hast holden {me} by my right hand.
24Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me {to} glory.
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. {that God...: or, that they might clear God, and see, etc}
Psalms 92:6
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Psalms 49:10
For he seeth {that} wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
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 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. {sins: Heb. guiltiness}