O God, Thou -- Thou hast known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations from Thee have not been hid.

A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --

For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.

I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves [are] beasts.

Be ye not as a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.

An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood.