Psalms 39:9

I was dumb— This is a fine expression of the Psalmist's resignation. See Job 1:21 and 2 Samuel 16:10.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 39:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 s...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 patie...
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 sh...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it .
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 beco...
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 th...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The characteristic tone of the whole Ps. is in these words. The writer accepts with reverent resignation all the facts and experiences of life.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 consciou...
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 sile...
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 pres...
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 precedi...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 eleg...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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

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 i...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, a...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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, whe...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confidence in God; David Pleading with God. 7 And now, Lord, what wai...
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 thou...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

3). His solution lies in hoping in YHWH and walking rightly before Him, being delivered from all his transgressions. Meanwhile therefore he prays th...
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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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....
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,...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. David dedicated some Psalms to Asaph, and one or two to Jeduthun. Some of this chief music...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 39:1 . I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This Psalm gives a description of David's experience and conduct when stretched upon a sick-bed. He appears to have felt impatience working within hi...
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 3...
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 tria...
The Biblical Illustrator

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because Thou didst it. Silent before God This psalm is the utterance of a man in trouble. It thrills with a...
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...
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 Da...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, with reproachful lamenting directed against Jehovah, because Thou didst it, a confession with which he bows unde...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

⁹ I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 39:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 39:9