My sins, O God, are not hidden from you; you know how foolish I have been.

This is something a fool cannot know; someone who is stupid cannot understand:

I am more like an animal than a human being; I do not have the sense we humans should have.

I decided that God is testing us, to show us that we are no better than animals.

Don't be stupid like a horse or a mule, which must be controlled with a bit and bridle to make it submit."

Cattle know who owns them, and donkeys know where their master feeds them. But that is more than my people Israel know. They don't understand at all."