Psalms 38:13
But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
In Context
14Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Cross References
Psalms 39:2I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.
Psalms 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.
1 Peter 2:23When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.
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 →