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Psalm 73:21–22

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21When my aheart was embittered

And I was bpierced 1within,

22Then I was asenseless and ignorant;

I was like 1a bbeast 2before You.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit in my kidneys
  2. 1Or an animal
  3. 2Lit with You

Cross references

  1. aJudg 10:16
  2. bActs 2:37
  3. aPs 49:10; 92:6
  4. bJob 18:3; Ps 49:20; Eccl 3:18

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When my soul was embittered,

when I was pricked in heart,

I was brutish and ignorant;

I was like a beast toward you.

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.