Psalms 39:2
So I was completely silent—I didn't even say anything good. But the pain inside only got worse.
Free Bible 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
3My mind burned as if on fire; I had to say what I was thinking:
Cross References
Job 32:19Inside I'm like fermenting wine all bottled up; like new wineskins ready to explode!
Psalms 38:13I act as if I'm deaf to what they're saying, and pretend to be dumb so I don't have to speak.
Psalms 119:34Help me to understand so I can be totally committed to doing what you want.
Isaiah 53:7He was persecuted and mistreated, but he didn't say anything. He was led like a lamb to be killed, and in the same way that a sheep about to be sheared is silent, he didn't say a word.
Matthew 27:12But when the chief priests and elders brought charges against him, Jesus did not answer.
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 →