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A senseless man doesn`t know, Neither does a fool understand this:
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The Spiritually Numb Person
Commentators explain that the "brutish man" or "fool" is not someone of low intelligence, but one who lives by animal instinct and appetite. Governed by their senses rather than faith, they are spiritually numb and unable to perceive God's greatness in His works. As one scholar notes, their moral sense is overgrown by sensuality, making spiritual insight impossible.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A brutish man does not know—A man who is stupid and like the beasts or brutes; that is, a man whose tastes and propensities are like t…
19th Century
Anglican
A brutish man. —The Hebrew is apparently from a root meaning “to eat,” and so refers to the man of mere animal nature, who lives f…
Baptist
He looks at nature, and as he sees its varied operations, he observes what he calls certain eternal laws, but he does not see the power behind thos…
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16th Century
Protestant
The foolish man shall not know them. This is added appropriately, to inform us that the fault lies with ourselves, in not praising the Div…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
A brutish man knows not the lovingkindness of the Lord, and his faithfulness, nor how to show them forth, nor his great w…
It is a privilege that we are admitted to praise the Lord, and hope to be accepted in the morning and every night; not only on Sabbath days, but ev…
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