Psalm 39:2 - New Revised Standard Version

² I was silent and still; I held my peace to no avail; my distress grew worse,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² 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)

² I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.

Common English Bible

² So I was completely quiet, silent. I kept my peace, but it did no good. My pain got worse.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² I have waited expectantly for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.

Psalm 39:2 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 119:33

Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes, and I will observe it to the end.

Psalm 119:34

Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.

Psalm 141:3

Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.

Psalm 34:14

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Isaiah 53:7

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give what is holy to dogs; and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under foot and turn and maul you.

Acts 4:20

for we cannot keep from speaking about what we have seen and heard.”