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Psalm 73:21–22

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21When my soul was embittered,

when I was pricked in heart,

22I was cbrutish and ignorant;

I was like da beast toward you.

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Cross references

  1. cSee Ps. 49:10
  2. dJob 18:3; [Job 11:12]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When my heart was grieved

and my spirit embittered,

I was senseless and ignorant;

I was a brute beast before you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When I became embittered

and my innermost being was wounded,

I was stupid and didn’t understand;

I was an unthinking animal toward you.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then I realized that my heart was bitter,

and I was all torn up inside.

I was so foolish and ignorant—

I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When my heart was embittered

and I felt stabbed in my kidneys,

then I was brutish and ignorant.

With you I was like the beasts.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thus my heart was grieved,

And I was pricked in my reins.

So foolish was I, and ignorant:

I was as a beast before thee.