Psalms 39:2 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 39:2

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

KJV

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DBT

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace 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.

WEB

I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.

YLT

I was dumb with silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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11 verses on the floor

Acts 8:32
The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
Acts 4:20
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Matthew 27:12–14
And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
Psalms 38:13
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Ecclesiastes 3:7
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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I held my peace even from good. His silence was commendable; and the greater the provocation was the more praiseworthy was his silence. Watchfulness and resolution, in the strength of God's grace, will do more towards the bridling of the tongue than we can imagine, though it be an unruly evil.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

His desire towards God, and the prayers he puts up to him. Is any afflicted? let him pray, as David here, 1. For the pardoning of his sin and the preventing of his shame,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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