Psalms 39:9
Deliver thou me from all my iniquities : thou hast made me a reproach to the fool.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
In Context
8And now what is my hope? is it not the Lord? and my substance is with thee.
10I was dumb, and I opened not my mouth, because thou hast done it.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:3And Moses said to Aaron: This is what the Lord hath spoken: I will be sanctified in them that approach to me, and I will be glorified in the sight of all the people. And when Aaron heard this, he held his peace.
2 Samuel 16:10And the king said: What have I to do with you, ye sons of Sarvia? Let him alone and let him curse: for the Lord hath bid him curse David: and who is he that shall dare say, why hath he done so?
Job 2:10And he said to her: Thou hast; spoken like one of the foolish women: if we have received good things at the hand of God, why should we not receive evil? In all these things Job did not sin with his lips.
Psalms 38:13And they that sought my soul used violence. And they that sought evils to me spoke vain things, and studied deceits all the day long.
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 →