But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear, Like a dumb man who does not open his mouth.
The wicked have laid a snare for me, but I do not stray from thy precepts.
I was dumb and silent, I held my peace to no avail; my distress grew worse,
I am dumb, I do not open my mouth; for it is thou who hast done it.
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.
When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten; but he trusted to him who judges justly.