Psalms 39:2
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
KJV
Exspectans exspectavi Dominum, et intendit mihi.
Vulgate
Ὑπομένων ὑπέμεινα τὸν κύριον, καὶ προσέσχεν μοι καὶ εἰσήκουσεν τῆς δεήσεώς μου·
LXX
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.
ASV
אָמַ֗רְתִּי אֶֽשְׁמְרָ֣ה דְרָכַ/י֮ מֵ/חֲט֪וֹא בִ/לְשׁ֫וֹנִ֥/י אֶשְׁמְרָ֥ה לְ/פִ֥/י מַחְס֑וֹם בְּ/עֹ֖ד רָשָׁ֣ע לְ/נֶגְדִּֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
הֶחֱטִ֖יא
hchty'
verb · 237×
י
y
noun · 496×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
noun · 116×
מַחְס֑וֹם
mchsvm
noun · 1×
נֶ֣גֶד
ngd
preposition · 148×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 17.—Of the Endless Glory of the Church. “And I saw,” he says, “a great city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them. And God sh…
Cross-references
- Acts 4:20 — For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
- 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:
- Eccl 3:7 — A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
- 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.
- Matt 27:12 — And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
- Ps 38:13 — But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
- Ps 38:13 — But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.