So foolish was I, and I did not know; I was like a beast before You.
Why are we counted as cattle, or seem stupid in your sight?
Be not like the horse, or like the mule, who have no understanding, whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, so that they do not come near you.
For he sees wise men die; likewise the fool and the animal-like ones perish, and leave their wealth to others.
O God, You know my foolishness, and my guiltiness is not hidden from You.
A beastly man does not know; nor does a fool understand this.
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity blossom, it is that they shall be destroyed forever;
Surely I am more like an animal than any man, and do not have the understanding of a man.
I said in my heart concerning the matter of sons of men, that God might reveal them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.