Psalms 38:13

11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.

14 I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.

15 I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
KJV
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
WEB
But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth.
ASV
But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
DARBY
But I, as a deaf [man], hear not; and am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
BLB
And I [am] like a deaf one [who] does not hear and like a mute one [who] does not open his mouth.
ÅB
Men jeg er som en døv, jeg hører ikke,
og som en stum som ikke åpner munnen.
OTB
Men jeg, som en døv, hører ikke;
Og jeg er som en som ikke kan tale, som ikke åpner sin munn.
B1930
Og jeg er som en døv, jeg hører ikke, og som en stum, som ikke later op sin munn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 53:7

    He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

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  • Psalms 39:9

    I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.

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  • Psalms 39:2

    I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.

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  • 1 Peter 2:23

    When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.

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  • 2 Samuel 16:10–12

    But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”

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