God’s Word Translation
Psalms 39:2
2I remained totally speechless. I kept silent, although it did me no good. While I was deep in thought, my pain grew worse.
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 watch my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue. I will bridle my mouth while wicked people are in my presence.” I remained totally speechless. I kept silent, although it did me no good. While I was deep in thought, my pain grew worse. 3My heart burned like a fire flaring up within me. Then I spoke with my tongue: 4“Teach me, O Lord, about the end of my life. Teach me about the number of days I have left so that I may know how temporary my life is.
Read all of Psalms 39Psalms 39:2 word by word
נֶאֱלַ֣מְתִּי ד֭וּמִיָּה הֶחֱשֵׁ֣יתִי מִטּ֑וֹב וּכְאֵבִ֥י נֶעְכָּֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 39:2
- Psalms 38:13But I am like a person who cannot hear and like a person who cannot speak.
- Isaiah 53:7He was abused and punished, but he didn’t open his mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. He was like a sheep that is silent when its wool is cut off. He didn’t open his mouth.
- Matthew 27:12While the chief priests and leaders were accusing him, he said nothing.
- Matthew 7:6“Don’t give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls to pigs. Otherwise, they will trample them and then tear you to pieces.
- Job 32:19My belly is like ⌞a bottle of⌟ wine that has not been opened, like new wineskins that are ready to burst.
- Acts 4:20We cannot stop talking about what we’ve 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
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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
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