Psalms 39:2
I was mute [with] silence, || I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.
Literal Standard 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 heart [is] hot within me, || In my meditating the fire burns, || I have spoken with my tongue.
Cross References
Job 32:19Behold, my breast [is] as wine not opened, || It is broken up like new bottles.
Psalms 38:13And I, as deaf, do not hear. And as a mute one who does not open his mouth.
Psalms 119:34Cause me to understand, and I keep Your law, || And observe it with the whole heart.
Isaiah 53:7It has been exacted, and He has answered, || And He does not open His mouth, || He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, || And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, || So He does not open His mouth.
Matthew 27:12And in His being accused by the chief priests and the elders, He did not answer anything;
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 →