Psalms 39:2
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.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
- KJV
- I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
- WEB
- I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.
- ASV
- I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.
- DARBY
- I was dumb with silence, I held my peace from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
- BLB
- I was mute [in] silence, I kept silent from good, and my sorrow was stirred up.
- ÅB
- Jeg ble stum og helt stille,
jeg tidde, også fra det gode,
og smerten min ble opprørt. - OTB
- Jeg var stum og stille,
Jeg avholdt meg til og med fra det gode,
Og min smerte ble vekket. - B1930
- Jeg blev taus og var aldeles stille, jeg tidde uten gagn, og min smerte blev oprørt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 27:12–14
And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
Read in contextActs 4:20
For we can not but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Read in contextPsalms 38:13–14
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Read in contextIsaiah 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.
Read in contextMatthew 7:6
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Read in contextJob 32:19–20
Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
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