Psalm 39:2 - Tree of Life Version

² I said: “I will guard my ways, so I will not sin with my tongue. I will muzzle my mouth while the wicked are before me.”

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.

Psalm 39:2 Cross References

Psalm 119:33

Teach me the way of Your decrees, Adonai, and I will follow them to the end.

Psalm 119:34

Give me understanding, that I may keep Your Torah and observe it with all my heart.

Psalm 141:3

Set a guard, Adonai, over my mouth. Keep watch over the door of my lips.

Psalm 34:14

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking treachery.

Isaiah 53:7

He was oppressed and He was afflicted yet He did not open His mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughter, like a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet, then turn and rip you to shreds.

Acts 4:20

For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”