Verse 2

Psalms 39:2

Young's Literal Translation

2 I was dumb [with] silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אָמַ֗רְתִּי אֶֽשְׁמְרָ֣ה דְרָכַ/י֮ מֵ/חֲט֪וֹא בִ/לְשׁ֫וֹנִ֥/י אֶשְׁמְרָ֥ה לְ/פִ֥/י מַחְס֑וֹם בְּ/עֹ֖ד רָשָׁ֣ע לְ/נֶגְדִּֽ/י
English Translation
I said, "I will guard my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle while the wicked are before me."
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Chapter 39 Context
1 To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, 'I observe my ways, Against sinning... Focus ↗
2 I was dumb [with] silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.
3 Hot [is] my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue. Focus ↗
4 'Cause me to know, O Jehovah, mine end, And the measure of my days -- what it [is],' I know how frai... Focus ↗
5 Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age [is] as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity... Focus ↗
6 Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, [in] vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and... Focus ↗
7 And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope -- it [is] of Thee. Focus ↗
8 From all my transgressions deliver me, A reproach of the fool make me not. Focus ↗
9 I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou -- Thou hast done [it]. Focus ↗
10 Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed. Focus ↗
11 With reproofs against iniquity, Thou hast corrected man, And dost waste as a moth his desirableness,... Focus ↗
12 Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And [to] my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I [... Focus ↗
13 Look from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not! Focus ↗
Verse Information
Book
Psalms
Chapter
Chapter 39 (13 verses)
Version
Young's Literal Translation
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