Psalms 39:9
I was mute. I opened not my mouth, because thou did it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
In Context
8Deliver me from all my transgressions. Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
10Remove thy stroke away from me. I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:3Then Moses said to Aaron, This is it that LORD spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in those who come near me. And I will be glorified before all the people. And Aaron remained silent.
2 Samuel 16:10And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because LORD has said to him, Curse David, who then shall say, Why have thou done so?
Job 2:10But he said to her, Thou speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Psalms 38:13But I, as a deaf man, hear not. And I am as a mute man who opens not his mouth.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 39:8-13
Confidence in God; David Pleading with God. 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. 12 Hear my prayer, O Lord , and give ear unto my cry; hold… Read the whole commentary →