I was stupid and ignorant; I was like a brute beast toward you.
I said to myself with regard to humans that God is testing them to show that they are but animals.
The dullard cannot know; the stupid cannot understand this:
When we look at the wise, they die; fool and dolt perish together and leave their wealth to others.
The ox knows its owner and the donkey its master’s crib, but Israel does not know; my people do not understand.
Surely I am too stupid to be human; I do not have human understanding.
Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding, whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle, else it will not stay near you.
O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.
Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?
though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever,