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 muzzle, while the wicked is before me. I was dumb with silence, I held my peace from good; and my sorrow was stirred. 3My heart burned within me; the fire was kindled in my musing: I spoke with my tongue, 4Make me to know, Jehovah, mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I shall 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 am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
• Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, but he opened not his mouth; he was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and was as a sheep dumb before her shearers, and he opened not his mouth.
• Matthew 27:12And when he was accused of the chief priests and the elders, he answered nothing.
• Matthew 7:6Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them with their feet, and turning round rend you.
• Job 32:19Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; like new flasks, it is ready to burst.
• Acts 4:20for as for us we cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen 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