2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.


In Context

1 For the Chief Musician, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

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

3 My heart was hot within me; while I was musing the fire kindled: then spake I with my tongue:

4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; let me know how frail I am.

Psalm 39:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

39:2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

39:2But when I was silent and still, not even saying anything good, my anguish increased.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

39:2I was dumb, and was humbled, and kept silence from good things : and my sorrow was renewed.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

39:2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:2I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

39:2I was dumb with silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

39:2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.