The wicked have laid a snare for me, but I do not stray from thy precepts.
Psalm 38:13 - Revised Standard Version But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear, Like a dumb man who does not open his mouth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; And I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But I, like a deaf man, hear not; and I am like a dumb man who opens not his mouth. American Standard Version (1901) But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. Common English Bible But I’m like someone who is deaf, who can’t hear; like someone who can’t speak, whose mouth won’t open. Catholic Public Domain Version O Lord, heed my prayer and my supplication. Pay attention to my tears. Do not be silent. For I am a newcomer with you, and a sojourner, just as all my fathers were. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication: give ear to my tears. Be not silent: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were. |
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,
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.