Psalms 38:14
12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
13 But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
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.
16 For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
- KJV
- Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
- WEB
- Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
- ASV
- Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
- DARBY
- Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
- BLB
- And I am like a man who is not hearing, and in his mouth [are] no rebukes,
- ÅB
- Ja, jeg er som en mann som ikke hører,
og som ikke har svar i munnen. - OTB
- Ja, jeg er som en som ikke hører,
Og i hvis munn det ikke er noen argumenter. - B1930
- Ja, jeg er som en mann som ikke hører, og som ikke har motsigelse i sin munn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Amos 5:13
Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
Read in contextJohn 8:6
They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.
Read in contextMark 15:3–5
And the chief priests began to accuse Him of many things.
Read in contextMicah 7:5
Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
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