Psalms 38:13

Bishops' Bible (1568)

As for me, as one deafe I woulde not heare: and I was as one that is dumbe who coulde not open his mouth.

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  • Ps 39:2 : 2 I became dumbe through scilence, I helde my peace from speakyng of good wordes: but the more was my sorowe increased.
  • Ps 39:9 : 9 I became dumbe, and opened not my mouth: for it was thy doyng.
  • Isa 53:7 : 7 He suffered violence, and was euyll intreated, and dyd not open his mouth: He shalbe led as a sheepe to be slayne, yet shall he be as styll as a lambe before the shearer, and not open his mouth.
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 Whiche when he was reuiled, reuiled not agayne: when he suffred, he threatned not, but committed the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth righteously.
  • 2 Sam 16:10-12 : 10 And the king sayde: What haue I to do with you ye sonnes of Zaruia? for he curseth euen because the Lord hath bidden him curse Dauid: Who dare then say, Wherfore hast thou done so? 11 And Dauid sayde to Abisai, and to all his seruautes, Behold, my sonne which came of myne owne bowels, seketh my lyfe: How much more then may this sonne of Iemini do it? Suffre him to curse, for the Lorde hath bidden him. 12 It may be that the Lorde will loke on myne affliction, and do me good for his cursing this day.

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  • Ps 38:14-16
    3 verses
    90%

    14 I became euen as a man that heareth not: and who hath no replies in his mouth.

    15 For on thee O God I haue wayted: thou shalt aunswere for me O Lorde my God.

    16 For I sayde heare me lest that they shoulde triumph on me: who auaunce them selues greatly agaynst me when my foote doth slyp.

  • Ps 39:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    9 I became dumbe, and opened not my mouth: for it was thy doyng.

    10 Take thy plague away from me: I am euen consumed by the meanes of thy heauy hande.

  • Ps 39:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1 To the chiefe musition Ieduthun, a psalme of Dauid. I sayde to my selfe I wyll take heede to my wayes, that I offende not in my tongue: I wyll kepe my mouth as it were with a brydell, whylest the vngodly is in my syght.

    2 I became dumbe through scilence, I helde my peace from speakyng of good wordes: but the more was my sorowe increased.

  • Isa 42:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    18 Heare O ye deafe men, and sharpen your eyes to see O ye blinde.

    19 Who is blinde but my seruaunt? or so deafe as my messenger whom I sent vnto them? for who is so blinde as the perfect man, and so blinde as the Lords seruaunt?

    20 Thou hast seene much, and kepest nothing: the eares are open, and no man heareth.

  • Ps 135:16-17
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    73%

    16 They haue a mouth and speake not: they haue eyes but they see not.

    17 They haue eares and they heare not: yea there is no breath in their mouth.

  • 12 They also that sought after my lyfe layde snares for me: and they that went about to do me euyll, talked of wickednesse, and imagined deceipt all the day long.

  • 5 The Lorde God hath opened myne eare, and I haue not gaynesayde nor withdrawen my selfe.

  • 22 Nowe the hande of the Lorde had ben vpon me the euening afore this man which was escaped came vnto me, and had opened my mouth vntill the morning that he came to me: yea, my mouth was opened, so that I was no more dumbe.

  • 15 Now whe he had spoken these words vnto me, I cast downe my head to the grounde, and held my tongue.

  • 8 Be thou an aduocate for the dumbe, to speake in the cause of all such as be succourlesse in this transitorie worlde.

  • Ps 31:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12 I became cleane forgotten as a dead man out of minde: I became like a broken vessell.

    13 For I haue hearde the villanie of the multitude, and feare was on euery side me: whyle they conspired together against me, and toke their counsell to take away my life.

  • 7 He suffered violence, and was euyll intreated, and dyd not open his mouth: He shalbe led as a sheepe to be slayne, yet shall he be as styll as a lambe before the shearer, and not open his mouth.

  • 13 They gape vpon me with their mouthes: as it were a rampyng and a roryng lion.

  • 3 For whyle I helde my tongue: my bones consumed away through my dayly roaring.

  • 8 I am feeble and sore smitten: I haue rored for the very disquietnesse of my heart.

  • 13 Therfore speake I to them in parables: because they seeyng, see not: and hearyng, they heare not: neither do they vnderstande.

  • 19 But I am as a meeke lambe, an oxe that is caryed away to be slayne, not knowing that they had deuised suche a counsell against me saying, We wyll destroy his meate with wood, and driue him out of the lande of the liuing, that his name shall neuer be thought vpon.

  • Job 29:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10 The mightie kept still their voyce, and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth.

    11 When the eare heard me, it blessed me: & when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me:

  • 19 What is he that wyll go to lawe with me? if I now holde my tongue I dye.

  • 34 Though I coulde haue made afeard a great multitude, yet the most contemptible of the families dyd feare me: so I kept scilence, and went not out of the doore.

  • Isa 38:13-15
    3 verses
    70%

    13 I thought I woulde haue lyued vntyll the morowe, but he brused my bones lyke a lion: and in one day thou wylt make an ende of me.

    14 Then chattered I lyke a swallowe, and lyke a crane, and mourned lyke a doue, I lift vp mine eyes into the heyght: O Lorde sayde my sicknesse kepeth me downe, ease thou me.

    15 What shall I say? The Lorde hath made a promise to me, yea and he hym selfe hath perfourmed it: I shall therefore so long as I lyue remember this bitternesse of my lyfe.

  • 3 The eyes of the seeing shall not be dim, and the eares of them that heare shall take diligent heede.

  • 26 And I will make thy tongue cleaue to the roofe of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumbe, and not be as a reprouer vnto them: for they are a rebellious house.

  • Job 32:14-16
    3 verses
    69%

    14 He hath not spoken vnto me, and I wil not aunswere hym as ye haue done.

    15 For they were so abashed, that they coulde not make aunswere, nor speake one worde.

    16 When I had wayted (for they spake not, but stoode still and aunswered no more:)

  • 18 And in that day shall deafe men heare the wordes of the booke, and the eyes of the blynde shall see, euen out of the cloude, and out of darknesse.

  • 8 Now hast thou spoken in myne eares, & I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes:

  • 13 Wherefore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, and hearkened not vnto them that enfourmed me?

  • 6 They haue eares and heare not: they haue noses and smell not.

  • 17 Heare diligently my wordes, and ponder my sayinges with your eares.

  • 4 I am counted as one of them that go downe vnto the pit: and I am nowe become a man that hath no strength.

  • 21 Unto me men gaue eare, me they regarded, and with scilence they taried for my counsell.

  • 27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, that thou mayst speake & be no more dumbe: yea thou shalt be their shewtoken, that they may knowe how that I am the Lorde.

  • 22 So foolishe was I and voyde of vnderstanding: I was euen a bruite beast before thee.

  • 12 Truely he was not mine enemie that hath done me this dishonour, for then I coulde haue borne it: neither was he one that seemed to hate me that dyd magnifie hym selfe against me, for then I woulde haue hyd my selfe from him.

  • 20 When I crie vnto thee, thou doest not heare me: and though I stande before thee, yet thou regardest me not.

  • 32 The tenour of the scripture which he read, was this: He was ledde as a sheepe to the slaughter, & lyke a lambe dumbe before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth.

  • 16 Or why was not I hyd, as a thing borne out of tune, either as young children which neuer sawe the light?