Psalms 39:2
I was dumme and spake nothing: I kept silece euen from good, and my sorow was more stirred.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
In Context
Cross References
Job 32:19Beholde, my belly is as the wine, which hath no vent, and like the new bottels that brast.
Psalms 38:13But I as a deafe man heard not, and am as a dumme man, which openeth not his mouth.
Psalms 119:34Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.
Isaiah 53:7Hee was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet did he not open his mouth: hee is brought as a sheepe to the slaughter, and as a sheepe before her shearer is dumme, so he openeth not his mouth.
Matthew 27:12And when he was accused of the chiefe Priestes, and Elders, he answered nothing.
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 →