Psalms 38:13
But I, as a deaf man, hear not. And I am as a mute man who opens not his mouth.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
In Context
14Yea, I am as a man who hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Cross References
Psalms 39:2I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good, and my sorrow was stirred.
Psalms 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I have not gone astray from thy precepts.
1 Peter 2:23Who, being reviled, did not revile in return. Suffering, he did not threaten, but yielded to him who judges righteously.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 38:13-22
Sorrowful Complaints. 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O Lord , do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves… Read the whole commentary →