“So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.”
The statement that the psalmist was senseless and ignorant like a brute articulates that in the state of doubt, the psalmist lacked understanding of God's purposes. The reference to being like an animal indicates loss of the capacity for spiritual comprehension. This verse indicates that the crisis had temporarily destroyed the psalmist's ability to perceive truth.
Church Fathers on Psalms 73:22
1. This Psalm has an inscription, that is, a title, “There have failed the hymns of David, the son of Jesse. A Psalm of Asaph himself.” So many Psalms we have on the titles whereof is written the name David, nowhere there is added, “son of Jesse,” except in this alone. Which we must believe has not been done to no purpose, nor capriciously. For everywhere God does make intimations to us, and to the understanding thereof does invite the godly study of love. What is, “there…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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