Psalms 39:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.b ”

Psalms 39:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I was dumb with silence - Compare Psalms 38:13 . The addition of the words “with silence,” means that he was entirely or absolutely mute; he said nothing at all. The idea is, that he did not all...
Psalms 39:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; (c) and my sorrow was stirred. (c) Though when the wicked ruled he thought to have kept silence, yet his zeal caused him to change his min...
Psalms 39:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XXXIX. Prayer of a Pious Israelite in Distress. Psalms 39:3 . The poet, afflicted though he is, is silent in presence of the wicked, lest they should impugn or ridicule God's righteous government...
Psalms 39:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

dumb: as if tongue-tied. good. Perhaps the Ellipsis (App-6) may be supplied "from good [words]". See P.B.V.
Psalms 39:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. I was dumb in silence. He now declares that this resolution of which he has spoken had not been a mere passing and momentary thought, but that he had shown by his conduct that it was inde...
Psalms 39:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. I held any peace, even from good - "I ceased from the words of the law," says the Chaldee. I spoke nothing, eith...
Psalms 39:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I was dumb with silence— I was dumb in silence: I held my peace from what is good; but my pain was irritated: i.e. "I refrained from speaking what is good, from giving God the glory with relation...
Psalms 39:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. I held my peace, (even) from good - even from pleading before God with warrantable arguments. I said nothi...
Psalms 39:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is a Ps. of great pathos and beauty. The writer's sore sickness, accepted as the punishment of sin ( Psalms 39:9-11 ), has impressed him with the frailty and vanity of human life. He refrains at...
Psalms 39:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Even from good. — This interpretation, while following the LXX., Vulg., and most ancient versions, is suspicious, since the particle, rendered from, is not generally used in this sense after a ve...
Psalms 39:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 39:1-13 PROTRACTED suffering, recognised as chastisement for sin, had wasted the psalmist's strength. It had been borne for a while in silence, but the rush of emotion had burst the floodga...
Psalms 39:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Fleeting Measure of Our Days Psalms 39:1-13 In the opening verses David describes the circumstances out of which this psalm arose. The presence and prosperity of the wicked stirred him to t...
Psalms 39:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Again the circumstances are sorrow and affliction. The attitude of the sufferer is true dignity. If the psalm be taken in connection with the preceding one, it marks an advance, perhaps a gain out of...
Psalms 39:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a beautiful and lovely example doth Jesus hold forth of silence, not only in the sight, but under the reproaches of the ungodly! Oh! for grace to be always keeping in view him who endured such a...
Psalms 39:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 38 Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday ( Morning ). Psalms 38-40 = Day 8 ( Morning ).
Psalms 39:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I was dumb with silence ,.... Quite silent, as if he had been a dumb man, and could not speak; so he was before men, especially wicked men, and under the afflicting hand of God; see Psalms 39:9 ; t...
Psalms 39:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred. Ver. 2. I was dumb with silence ] As not willing either to open the mouths of those dead dogs or to cast pear...
Psalms 39:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I was dumb with silence Or, I was dumb in silence; two words expressing the same thing with greater force. I held my peace even from good I spake not a word, either good or bad, but remained, l...
Psalms 39:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Devout Reflections; Brevity and Vanity of Life. To the chief musician, even to Jeduthun. A psalm of David. 1 I sai...
Psalms 39:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I was dumb with silence; I was so long and so obstinately silent, that I seemed to myself and to others to be dumb. Two words put together expressing the same thing, to aggravate or increase it. Or...
Psalms 39:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1). The Psalmist is determined not to say anything in the presence of unrighteous people that might give them occasion to criticise God. Once he is alone, however, he cannot keep silent ( Psalms 39:...
Psalms 39:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, a psalm of David.” Jeduthun was one of the leaders of the sacred music in the time of David ( 1 Chronicles 16:41-42 ; 1 Chronic...
Psalms 39:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 39:1-2 The unspoken judgment of mankind. Scripture speaks in two different ways about judging others. On the one hand, it says, "Judge nothing before the time, till the day of the Lord com...
Psalms 39:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Jeduthun was one of those who led the sacred song in the house of God in David's day, and, long afterwards, we find the son of Jeduthun stil...
Psalms 39:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm is inscribed to Jeduthun, leader of one of the choral bands in the temple. 1 Chronicles 16:41 ; and bears the name of David. Psalms 39:5 . Thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth,...
Psalms 39:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in my tongue; I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle. Thought and prayer under trial I. Thought under trial. 1. Its utterance re...
Psalms 39:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE psalmist, vexed and disgusted with life, feeling a desire to murmur and complain, but aware that his words are watched, and his wicked enemies ready to make use of them against...
Psalms 39:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Believer's Attitude in View of the Apparent Happiness of the Godless. To the chief musician, even to Jeduthun, or Ethan, the name of one of David's chief choristers, who was the leader of a fa...
Psalms 39:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 4:20 ; Isaiah 53:7 ; Job 32:19 ; Job 32:20 ; Matthew 27:12-14 ; Matthew 7:6 ; Psalms 38:13 ; Psalms 38:14
Psalms 39:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Dumb — Two words put together, expressing the same thing, to aggravate or increase it. I held — I forbear to speak, what I justly might, lest I should break forth into some indecent expressions. St...

Psalms 39:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 39:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 39:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 39:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 39:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 39:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 39:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 39:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 39:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 39:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 39:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 39:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 39:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 39:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 39:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 39:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 39:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 39:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 39:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 39:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 39:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 39:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 39:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 39:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 39:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 39:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 39:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 39:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 39:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 39:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes