Psalms 38:13

11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, 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 he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

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  • Psalms 39:9

    I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.

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  • Psalms 39:2

    I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

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  • 1 Peter 2:23

    Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

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  • 2 Samuel 16:10–12

    And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

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