Teach me, LORD, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
Psalm 39:2 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) I was mute with silence. I held my shalom, even from good. My sorrow was stirred. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred. Common English Bible So I was completely quiet, silent. I kept my peace, but it did no good. My pain got worse. Catholic Public Domain Version I have waited expectantly for the Lord, and he was attentive to me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive to me. |
Teach me, LORD, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn't open his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn't open his mouth.
*Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.