KJV King James Version
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it].
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Psalm 39:9
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
WEB World English Bible
I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.
ASV American Standard Version
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou—Thou hast done it.
Surrounding context — Psalm 39
6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope [is] in thee.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it].
10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man [is] vanity. Selah.
12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I [am] a stranger with thee, [and] a sojourner, as all my fathers [were].
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Job 2:10But 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.1 Samuel 3:18And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It [is] the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.2 Samuel 16:10And 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?Job 40:4-5Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.Daniel 4:35And 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 him, What doest thou?Job 1:21And 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.Leviticus 10:3Then 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.Psalm 38:13But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.
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