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Psalms 73:22 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 73:22Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 73:227 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/אֲנִיwaʾăniy
and IconjH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
בַ֭עַרbaʿar
was stupidadjH1198
foolish
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֵדָ֑עʾēdāʿ
I knewverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
בְּ֝הֵמ֗וֹתbəhēmwōt
animalsnounH929
cattle
הָיִ֥יתִיhāyiytiy
I wasverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
עִמָּֽ/ךְʿimākə
with youpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 73 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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