Psalm 39:2 Parallel Translations
NASB: I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, And my sorrow grew worse. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: I remained totally speechless. I kept silent, although it did me no good. While I was deep in thought, my pain grew worse.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
ASV: I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.
BBE: I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I was moved with sorrow.
DBY: I was dumb with silence, I held my peace from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
ERV: I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
JPS: I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, had no comfort; and my pain was held in check.
WBS: 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.
YLT: I was dumb with silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.
Psalm 39:2 Cross References
XREF:Psalm 38:13 But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 39:2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; {c} and my sorrow was stirred.
(c) Though when the wicked ruled he thought to have kept silence, yet his zeal caused him to change his mind.
WES: 39:2 Dumb - Two words put together, expressing the same thing, to aggravate or increase it. I held - I forbear to speak, what I justly might, lest I should break forth into some indecent expressions. Stirred - My silence did not assuage my grief, but increase it.
MHC: 39:1-6 If an evil thought should arise in the mind, suppress it. Watchfulness in the habit, is the bridle upon the head; watchfulness in acts, is the hand upon the bridle. When not able to separate from wicked men, we should remember they will watch our words, and turn them, if they can, to our disadvantage. Sometimes it may be necessary to keep silence, even from good words; but in general we are wrong when backward to engage in edifying discourse. Impatience is a sin that has its cause within ourselves, and that is, musing; and its ill effects upon ourselves, and that is no less than burning. In our greatest health and prosperity, every man is altogether vanity, he cannot live long; he may die soon. This is an undoubted truth, but we are very unwilling to believe it. Therefore let us pray that God would enlighten our minds by his Holy Spirit, and fill our hearts with his grace, that we may be ready for death every day and hour.
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