Psalms 39:9 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst {it}.”

Psalms 39:9

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And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope {is} in thee.

Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

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

Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. {blow: Heb. conflict}

When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man {is} vanity. Selah. {his...: Heb. that which is to be desired in him to melt away}

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Psalms 39:1

"[To the chief Musician, {even} to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.] 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. {my mouth...: Heb. a bridle, or, muzzle for my mouth}"

Psalms 39:2

"I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, {even} from good; and my sorrow was stirred. {stirred: Heb. troubled}"

Psalms 39:3

"My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: {then} spake I with my tongue,"

Psalms 39:4

"LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it {is; that} I may know how frail I {am}. {how...: or, what time I have here}"

Psalms 39:5

"Behold, thou hast made my days {as} an handbreadth; and mine age {is} as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state {is} altogether vanity. Selah. {at...: Heb. settled}"

Psalms 39:6

"Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up {riches}, and knoweth not who shall gather them. {a vain...: Heb. an image}"

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