Psalms 38:13
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
KJV
Exaudi orationem meam, Domine, et deprecationem meam ; auribus percipe lacrimas meas. Ne sileas, quoniam advena ego sum apud te, et peregrinus sicut omnes patres mei.
Vulgate
εἰσάκουσον τῆς προσευχῆς μου καὶ τῆς δεήσεώς μου, ἐνώτισαι τῶν δακρύων μου. μὴ παρασιωπήσῃς· ὅτι πάροικος ἐγώ εἰμι ἐν τῇ γῇ καὶ παρεπίδημος, καθὼς πάντες οἱ πατέρες μου.
LXX
But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
ASV
וַ/יְנַקְשׁ֤וּ מְבַקְשֵׁ֬י נַפְשִׁ֗/י וְ/דֹרְשֵׁ֣י רָ֭עָתִ/י דִּבְּר֣וּ הַוּ֑וֹת וּ֝/מִרְמ֗וֹת כָּל הַ/יּ֥וֹם יֶהְגּֽוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 1Pet 2:23 — Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
- 1Sam 10:27 — But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
- Isa 53:7 — He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
- Ps 39:2 — I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
- Ps 39:2 — I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
- Ps 39:9 — I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.