Psalm 73:22

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

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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.

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.

Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man.

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.

O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, And reputed vile in your sight?

When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever: