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A Beast's Perspective
Commentators explain that the psalmist's 'beast-like' state was his short-sightedness. He judged life based only on immediate circumstances—the wicked prospering now—like an animal that only sees the grass before it. He failed to consider the eternal perspective and the ultimate end of the wicked, which is a foolish way for an immortal being to think.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 73:22
18th Century
Theologian
So foolish was I, and ignorant - Such low and imperfect views did I take of the subject. The margin is, “I knew not.” So the Hebrew…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 73:22
19th Century
Bishop
Foolish. —Better, brutish.
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 73:19–22
19th Century
Preacher
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream when one awakes, so, O Lord, when you …
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John Calvin
On Psalms 73:22
16th Century
Theologian
And I was foolish and ignorant. David, rebuking himself sharply here, as was fitting for him to do, first declares that he was foolish; se…
John Gill
On Psalms 73:22
17th Century
Pastor
So foolish was I
To envy the prosperity of the wicked, which is of so short a continuance; to arraign the providence…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 73:21–28
17th Century
Minister
God would not allow His people to be tempted if His grace were not sufficient, not only to save them from harm but also to make them gain from it. …