Psalms 39:2
I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good, and my sorrow was stirred.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
In Context
3My heart was hot within me. While I was musing the fire burned. [Then] I spoke with my tongue:
Cross References
Job 32:19Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent. Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst.
Psalms 38:13But I, as a deaf man, hear not. And I am as a mute man who opens not his mouth.
Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law, yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that is mute before its shearers, so he opened not his mouth.
Matthew 27:12And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 39:2-7
Devout Reflections; Brevity and Vanity of Life. 1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. 3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, 4 Lord , make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as a… Read the whole commentary →