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Psalms 73:22 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
Psalms 73:22
Verse in Context
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20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
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Psalms 73:1
"Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart."
Psalms 73:2
"But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped."
Psalms 73:3
"For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked."
Psalms 73:4
"For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm."
Psalms 73:5
"They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men."
Psalms 73:6
"Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment."
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