Psalms 39:2

Psalms 39:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
• New International Version (NIV)So I remained utterly silent, not even saying anything good. But my anguish increased;
• English Standard Version (ESV)I was mute and silent; I held my peace to no avail, and my distress grew worse.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I was mute with silence, I held my peace even from good; And my sorrow was stirred up.

Context of Psalms 39:2

1I 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. 3My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned; Then spake I with my tongue: 4Jehovah, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is; Let me know how frail I am.

Psalms 39:2 word by word

נֶאֱלַ֣מְתִּי ד֭וּמִיָּה הֶחֱשֵׁ֣יתִי מִטּ֑וֹב וּכְאֵבִ֥י נֶעְכָּֽר׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 39:2

• Psalms 38:13But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
• Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.
• Matthew 27:12And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
• Matthew 7:6Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.
• Job 32:19Behold, my breast is as wine which hath no vent; Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst.
• Acts 4:20for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.

Commentaries on Psalms 39:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2I held any peace, even from good - "I ceased from the words of the law," says the Chaldee. I spoke nothing, either good or bad. I did not even defend myself. My sorrow was stirred - My afflictions increased, and I had an exacerbation of pain. It is a hard thing to be denied the benefit of complaint in sufferings, as it has a tendency to relieve the mind, and indeed, in some sort, to call off the attention from the place of actual suffering: and yet undue…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2I was dumb with silence - Compare Psalm 38:13. The addition of the words “with silence,” means that he was entirely or absolutely mute; he said nothing at all. The idea is, that he did not allow himself to give utterance to the thoughts which were passing in his mind in regard to the divine dealings. He kept his thoughts to himself, and endeavored to suppress them in his own bosom. I held my peace, even from good - I said nothing. I did not even say what…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3Suffering in silence makes the psalmist's anguish, pain, and inner distress worse.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. even from good--(Ge 31:24), everything.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 39:2

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• Altogether
• Frail
• Jeduthun
• Measure
• Psalms
• Silence
• Vain
• Dumb
• Peace
• Pentateuch

Commentaries on Psalms 39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings