I was as stupid as an animal; I did not understand you.
What makes you think we are as stupid as cattle?
Don't be stupid like a horse or a mule, which must be controlled with a bit and bridle to make it submit.”
Anyone can see that even the wise die, as well as the foolish and stupid. They all leave their riches to their descendants.
My sins, O God, are not hidden from you; you know how foolish I have been.
This is something a fool cannot know; someone who is stupid cannot understand:
the wicked may grow like weeds, those who do wrong may prosper; yet they will be totally destroyed,
I am more like an animal than a human being; I do not have the sense we humans should have.
I decided that God is testing us, to show us that we are no better than animals.
Cattle know who owns them, and donkeys know where their master feeds them. But that is more than my people Israel know. They don't understand at all.”
