Psalms 38:14

I act like a man who does not answer when people talk to him, because he cannot hear anything.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

In Context

13Now I act like I’m deaf, and do not listen to what they say. I act like I cannot talk, so I say nothing to reply to them.

15But Yahweh, I trust in you. My Lord God, you will answer me.

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Cross References

Amos 5:13This is a time when many people do evil things, so people who have good sense say nothing when they hear about such things being done.

Mark 15:3Then the chief priests claimed that Jesus had done many bad things.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 38:13-22

Sorrowful Complaints. 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O Lord , do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves… Read the whole commentary →

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