Psalm 39:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

² I was dumb and silent, I held my peace to no avail; my distress grew worse,

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² I was dumb with silence, I held my peace without profit and had no comfort away from good, while my distress was renewed.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

² So I was completely quiet, silent. I kept my peace, but it did no good. My pain got worse.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² I have waited expectantly for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.

Psalm 39:2 Cross References

Psalm 119:33

Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I will keep it to the end.

Psalm 119:34

Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law and observe it with my whole heart.

Psalm 141:3

Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord, keep watch over the door of my lips!

Psalm 34:14

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Isaiah 53:7

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give dogs what is holy; and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under foot and turn to attack you.

Acts 4:20

for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.”