Psalms 38:13
But I, as a deaf [man], hear not; and am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Darby Translation
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 that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Cross References
Psalms 39:2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
Psalms 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me; but I have not wandered from thy precepts.
1 Peter 2:23who, [when] reviled, reviled not again; [when] suffering, threatened not; but gave [himself] over into the hands of 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 →