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Psalms 92:6
A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the congregation while contrasting God’s profound thoughts with human limitation, positioned between praise of God’s works and a warning about the wicked’s temporary prosperity.
The words — בַּעַר (ba’ar) describes a person lacking basic perception, and יָבִין (yavin) means to discern or comprehend the underlying structure of a matter.
The thread — This pattern of human inability to grasp divine matters runs through 1 Corinthians 2:14, Psalms 73:22, and Psalms 94:8.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to acknowledge their own cognitive limits regarding God’s purposes and to reject the illusion that the wicked’s temporary flourishing indicates divine approval or eternal security.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Cross-references
- 1 Corinthians 2:14 The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- Psalms 73:22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
- Psalms 94:8 Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
- Psalms 49:10 For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
- Proverbs 1:22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
- Psalms 14:1 For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
- Proverbs 24:7 Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
- Proverbs 30:2 Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
- Jeremiah 10:14 Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
- Luke 12:20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’