Psalms 39:9 · KJV
“I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst {it}.”
— Psalms 39:9
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. {blow: Heb. conflict}
Psalms 39 — Context
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope {is} in thee.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst {it}.
10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. {blow: Heb. conflict}
11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man {is} vanity. Selah. {his...: Heb. that which is to be desired in him to melt away}
Cross References
Job 2:10
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
1 Samuel 3:18
And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It {is} the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good. {every...: Heb. all the things, or, words}
Daniel 4:35
And all the inhabitants of the earth {are} reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and {among} the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Job 1:21
And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
2 Samuel 16:10
And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
Job 40:4-5
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This {is it} that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
Psalms 38:13
But I, as a deaf {man}, heard not; and {I was} as a dumb man {that} openeth not his mouth.