So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.
Ver. 22. So foolish was I and ignorant] By this befooling and be beasting himself, he retracteth and bewaileth his former fluctuation and folly, Psalms 73:2,3. This is the proper fruit of his godly sorrow, Psalms 73:12 .
I was as a beast before thee] Heb. Behemoth, as a great beast, or as many beasts in one. Thus he aggravateth and layeth load upon his sin, and so must we.