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Psalm 39:2

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39:2I was stone silent;4

I held back the urge to speak.5

My frustration grew;6

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Footnotes

  1. 4 Heb “I was mute [with] silence.”
  2. 5 Heb “I was quiet from good.” He kept quiet, resisting the urge to find emotional release and satisfaction by voicing his lament. I held back the urge to speak. For a helpful discussion of the relationship (and tension) between silence and complaint in ancient Israelite lamentation, see E. S. Gerstenberger, Psalms, Part I (), .
  3. 6 Heb “and my pain was stirred up.” Emotional pain is in view here.

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I was mute and silent;

I held my peace to no avail,

and my distress grew worse.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So I remained utterly silent,

not even saying anything good.

But my anguish increased;

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I was speechless and quiet;

I kept silent, even from speaking good,

and my pain intensified.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

But as I stood there in silence—

not even speaking of good things—

the turmoil within me grew worse.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I was mute with silence. I was silent even from saying good things,

and my pain was stirred up.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good;

And my sorrow was stirred.

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