Psalms 39:9
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
KJV
ut facerem voluntatem tuam. Deus meus, volui, et legem tuam in medio cordis mei.
Vulgate
τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ θέλημά σου ὁ θεός μου ἐβουλήθην, καὶ τὸν νόμον σου ἐν μέσῳ τῆς καρδίας μου.
LXX
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.
ASV
מִ/כָּל פְּשָׁעַ֥/י הַצִּילֵ֑/נִי חֶרְפַּ֥ת נָ֝בָ֗ל אַל תְּשִׂימֵֽ/נִי
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
חֶרְפַּ֥ת
chrpt
noun · 70×
י
y
noun · 93×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נִי
ny
verb · 211×
נָבָ֖ל
nbl
adjective · 18×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1502The man of the Old Testament lives his sickness in the presence of God. It is before God that he laments his illness, and it is of God, Master of life and death, that he implores healing.98 Illness becomes a way to conversion; God's forgiveness initiates the healing.99 It is the experience of Israel that illness is mysteriously linked to sin and evil, and that faithfulness to G…
Cross-references
- 1Sam 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.
- 1Sam 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.
- 2Sam 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?
- 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:
- Dan 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 h
- Ezek 16:63 — That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
- Isa 39:8 — Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Job 40:4 — Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
- Job 40:4 — Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
- Lev 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.
- Lev 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.
- Ps 38:13 — But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
- Ruth 1:13 — Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.