OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 2

Psalms 39:2

I was mute with silence.

I held my peace, even from good.

My sorrow was stirred.

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Psalms 39:2 in context

Psalms 39:1–5

I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue.

I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

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I was mute with silence.

I held my peace, even from good.

My sorrow was stirred.

My heart was hot within me.

While I meditated, the fire burned.

I spoke with my tongue:

“LORD, show me my end,

what is the measure of my days.

Let me know how frail I am.

Behold, you have made my days hand widths.

My lifetime is as nothing before you.

Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.

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