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.
Read in contextPsalms 39:9
I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
Read in contextPsalms 39:2
I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
Read in context1 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.
Read in context2 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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