The Meaning of Psalms 73:22 Explained

Psalms 73:22

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

YLT: And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.

Darby: Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was as a beast with thee.

ASV: So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Psalms 73:22 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Psalms 73

1  The prophet, prevailing in a temptation
2  Shows the occasion thereof, the prosperity of the wicked
13  The wound given thereby, diffidence
15  The victory over it, knowledge of God's purpose

What do the individual words in Psalms 73:22 mean?

So I [was] stupid and ignorant [like] a beast I was before You
וַאֲנִי־ בַ֭עַר וְלֹ֣א אֵדָ֑ע בְּ֝הֵמ֗וֹת הָיִ֥יתִי עִמָּֽךְ

וַאֲנִי־  So  I  [was] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, first person common singular
Root: אֲנִי  
Sense: I (first pers.
בַ֭עַר  stupid 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: בַּעַר  
Sense: brutishness, stupidity, brutish (person).
אֵדָ֑ע  ignorant 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
בְּ֝הֵמ֗וֹת  [like]  a  beast 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: בְּהֵמָה  
Sense: beast, cattle, animal.
הָיִ֥יתִי  I  was 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
עִמָּֽךְ  before  You 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.