Psalms 39:2
I waited patiently for the Lord; and he attended to me, and hearkened to my supplication.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
In Context
1For the end, a Psalm of David.
Cross References
Job 32:19And my belly is as a skin of sweet wine bound up and ready to burst; or as a brazier's labouring bellows.
Psalms 38:13O Lord, hearken to my prayer and my supplication: attend to my tears: be not silent, for I am a sojourner in the land, and a stranger, as all my fathers were.
Isaiah 53:7And he, because of his affliction, opens not his mouth: + 53:7 Acts 8. 32,33. he was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is dumb, so he opens not his mouth.
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 →