Psalms 39:9
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because you did it.
Updated King James 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: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
10Remove your stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of yours hand.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:3Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
2 Samuel 16:10And the king said, What have I to do with you, all of you sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD has said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore have you done so?
Job 2:10But he said unto her, You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Psalms 38:13But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that opens not 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 →