Psalms 39:9
I have been mute, I do not open my mouth, || Because You have done [it].
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
In Context
8Deliver me from all my transgressions, || Do not make me a reproach of the fool.
10Turn aside Your stroke from off me, || From the striving of Your hand I have been consumed.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:3And Moses says to Aaron, “It [is] that which YHWH has spoken, saying, By those drawing near to Me I am sanctified, and in the face of all the people I am honored”; and Aaron is silent.
2 Samuel 16:10And the king says, “And what do I [have to do] with you, O sons of Zeruiah? For let him revile; even because YHWH has said to him, Revile David; and who says, Why have You done so?”
Job 2:10And he says to her, “As one of the foolish women speaks, you speak; indeed, do we receive the good from God, and we do not receive the bad?” In all this Job has not sinned with his lips.
Psalms 38:13And I, as deaf, do not hear. And as a mute one who does not open his mouth.
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 →