Psalms 39:2
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, afar from happiness, But, my pain had been stirred:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
In Context
3Hot was my heart within me, While I was musing, there was kindled a fire, I spake with my tongue!
Cross References
Job 32:19Lo! my bosom, is like wine not opened, Like new wine-skins, it will burst.
Psalms 38:13But, I, as one deaf, will not hear,—and as one dumb, who will not open his mouth:
Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, that I may observe thy law, that I may keep it with a whole heart.
Isaiah 53:7Hard pressed—yet, he, humbled himself Nor opened his mouth—As, a lamb, to the slaughter, is led, And, as a sheep, before her shearers, is dumb—Nor opened his mouth.
Matthew 27:12And, while he was being accused by the High-priests 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 →