Psalms 39:9

7 And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

8 Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.

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

10 Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.

11 You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah

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

Compare

BSB
I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
KJV
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
WEB
I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.
ASV
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.
DARBY
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; for *thou* hast done [it].
BLB
I have become mute, and cannot open my mouth—O that You would act!
ÅB
Jeg tier, jeg åpner ikke munnen;
for du har gjort det.
OTB
Jeg har blitt stille, jeg åpner ikke min munn,
Fordi det er Du som har handlet.
B1930
Jeg tier, jeg later ikke op min munn; for du har gjort det.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 2:10

    “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

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  • 1 Samuel 3:18

    So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”

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  • Job 40:4–5

    “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

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  • Daniel 4:35

    All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”

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  • 2 Samuel 16:10

    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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  • Job 1:21

    saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

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  • Leviticus 10:3

    Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.

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  • Psalms 38:13

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

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