“ I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. ”
I was dumb - See the notes at Psalms 39:2 . Compare Isaiah 53:7 . The meaning here is, that he did not open his mouth to complain; he did not speak of God as if he had dealt unkindly or unjustl...
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because (g) thou didst [it]. (g) Seeing my troubles came from your providence, I ought to have endured them patiently.
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...
9. I was dumb Here David blames himself, because he had not preserved that silence which, as we have already seen, the violence of his grief forced him to break. When he says then that he wa...
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it .
I was dumb— This is a fine expression of the Psalmist's resignation. See Job 1:21 and 2 Samuel 16:10 .
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. The sense is 'I have become mute (as to complaints against God); I do not o...
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...
Thou is emphatic. Kimchi well explains: “I could not complain of man, for it was God’s doing; I could not complain of God, for I was conscious of my own sin.”
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...
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...
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...
I have made no break or interruption in these verses, because the subject through the whole is one and the same. Under several very striking and elegant similitudes, the Psalmist in his prayer shows...
Psalms 38 Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday ( Morning ). Psalms 38-40 = Day 8 ( Morning ).
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ,.... This refers either to his former silence, before he broke it, Psalms 39:1 , or to what he after that came into again, when he had seen the folly of his impat...
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it]. Ver. 9. I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ] Or better thus, I should have been dumb, and not have opened my mouth, according to my first...
I opened not my mouth In the way of murmuring or repining against thee or thy providence, as I promised I would not, Psalms 39:1 . For though, when I looked only to instruments, I was discomposed,...
Confidence in God; David Pleading with God. 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. 8 Deliver me from...
I opened not my mouth, to wit, in way of murmuring or repining against thee, or thy providence, as I promised I would be, Psalms 39:1 . For though when I looked only to instruments, I was discom...
3). His solution lies in hoping in YHWH and walking rightly before Him, being delivered from all his transgressions. Meanwhile therefore he prays that YHWH will restore him to health, while recognis...
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 39:9 I. "Thou didst it." It is something to have got firm hold of a fact. A great deal is gained when the sorrow has been traced up to God. II. "Thou didst it" has some treasures of knowle...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 3:18 ; 2 Samuel 16:10 ; Daniel 4:35 ; Job 1:21 ; Job 2:10 ; Job 40:4 ; Job 40:5 ; Leviticus 10:3 ; Psalms 38:13