Psa 73:22
So foolish {was} I, and ignorant: I was {as} a beast before thee. {ignorant: Heb. I knew not} {before Heb. with}
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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}
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
For he seeth {that} wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: {but} Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
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.
Surely I {am} more brutish than {any} man, and have not the understanding of a man.
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, {and} reputed vile in your sight?
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. {sins: Heb. guiltiness}
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
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}
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, {and} reputed vile in your sight?
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Surely I {am} more brutish than {any} man, and have not the understanding of a man.
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
For he seeth {that} wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and {ye} fools, when will ye be wise?
For vain man would be wise, though man be born {like} a wild ass's colt. {vain: Heb. empty}
And I said, This {is} my infirmity: {but I will remember} the years of the right hand of the most High.
Surely the princes of Zoan {are} fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I {am} the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
Teach us what we shall say unto him; {for} we cannot order {our speech} by reason of darkness.