Psalms 39:2
I have waited expectantly for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.
Catholic Public Domain 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
1Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself.
Cross References
Job 32:19Yes, my stomach is like fermenting wine without a vent, which bursts the new containers.
Psalms 38:13O Lord, heed my prayer and my supplication. Pay attention to my tears. Do not be silent. For I am a newcomer with you, and a sojourner, just as all my fathers were.
Isaiah 53:7He was offered up, because it was his own will. And he did not open his mouth. He will be led like a sheep to the slaughter. And he will be mute like a lamb before his shearer. For he will not open his mouth.
Matthew 27:12And when he was accused by the leaders of the priests and the elders, he responded 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 →