But I, like a deafman,do not hear;And [I am] like a mutemanwho does not openhis mouth.
The wickedhave laida snarefor me, Yet I have not goneastrayfrom Your precepts.
I was muteand silent,I refrained[even] from good,And my sorrowgrewworse.
"I have becomemute,I do not openmy mouth,Becauseit is You who have done[it].
He was oppressedand He was afflicted,Yet He did not openHis mouth;Like a lambthat is ledto slaughter,And like a sheepthat is silentbeforeits shearers,So He did not openHis mouth.
and while being reviled,He did not revile in return;while suffering,He utterednothreats,but kept entrusting[Himself] to Him who judgesrighteously;
