Psalms 38:13
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 39:2 : 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
- Ps 39:9 : 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
- Isa 53:7 : 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
- 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
- 2 Sam 16:10-12 : 10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so? 11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him. 12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
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- Ps 38:14-163 verses90%
14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
- Ps 39:9-102 verses79%
9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
- Ps 39:1-22 verses78%
1 To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A alm 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.
2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
- Isa 42:18-203 verses74%
18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?
20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
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16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;
17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
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12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
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5 The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
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22 Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
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15 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
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8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
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12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
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7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
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13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
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3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
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8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
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13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
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19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
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10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
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19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
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34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
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13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
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3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
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26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
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14 Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
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8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
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13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
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6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
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17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
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4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
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21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
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27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
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12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
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20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
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32 The ple of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
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16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.