²² So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was `as' a beast before thee.

⁶ A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:

¹⁸ I said in my heart, `It is' because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are `but as' beasts.

¹⁰ For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

³ Wherefore are we counted as beasts, `And' are become unclean in your sight?

⁹ Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, `Else' they will not come near unto thee.

⁵ O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.

² Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;

³ The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; `but' Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.