²² So foolish 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 mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

¹⁰ For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

³ Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

⁹ Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they 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.