Psalms 39:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 discomposed, and did at last speak a foolish word; yet when I did recollect myself, and looked up to thee, the First Cause and Sovereign Disposer of this and all other things, I returned to my former silence. Thou didst it. What? Either, 1. and particularly, Absalom's rebellion; wherein I acknowledge thy just hand in punishing my sins. Or, 2. and more generally, Whatsoever is done in these matters; all the events which befall all men, whether good or bad; the afflictions of the one, and the prosperity of the other; all which are the effects of thy counsel and providence, in which all men ought to acquiesce.