I was mute in silence; I held my peace to no avail, but my anguish grew worse.
Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I shall keep it to the end.
Give me understanding, so that I may keep Your law, and observe it with my whole heart.
Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he was brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.
“Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn around and attack you.
For we cannot help but declare what we have seen and heard.”