Psalms 39:2
I was dumb [with] silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.
Young's Literal Translation
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 [is] my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.
Cross References
Job 32:19Lo, my breast [is] as wine not opened, Like new bottles it is broken up.
Psalms 38:13And I, as deaf, hear not. And as a dumb one who openeth not his mouth.
Psalms 119:34Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.
Isaiah 53:7It hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his mouth, As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, And he openeth not his mouth.
Matthew 27:12And in his being accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not answer any thing,
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 →