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21 Yes,[a] my spirit was bitter,[b]
and my insides felt sharp pain.[c]
22 I was ignorant[d] and lacked insight;[e]
I was as senseless as an animal before you.[f]
23 But I am continually with you;
you hold my right hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:21 tn Or perhaps “when.”
  2. Psalm 73:21 tn The imperfect verbal form here describes a continuing attitude in a past time frame.
  3. Psalm 73:21 tn Heb “and [in] my kidneys I was pierced.” The imperfect verbal form here describes a continuing condition in a past time frame.
  4. Psalm 73:22 tn Or “brutish, stupid.”
  5. Psalm 73:22 tn Heb “and I was not knowing.”
  6. Psalm 73:22 tn Heb “an animal I was with you.”