Psalms 39:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace{H8689)}, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred{H8738)}.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָמַ֗רְתִּי אֶֽשְׁמְרָ֣ה דְרָכַי֮ מֵחֲט֢וֹא בִלְשׁ֫וֹנִ֥י אֶשְׁמְרָ֥ה לְפִ֥י מַחְס֑וֹם בְּעֹ֖ד רָשָׁ֣ע לְנֶגְדִּֽי׃

Transliteration

ʾāmartî ʾešmərāh dərākay from-ḥăṭôʾ with-lišônî ʾešmərāh to-pî maḥsôm in-ʿōd rāšāʿ to-negdî

Grammar Details

*ʾāmartî*: verb, qal perfect 1st person singular - I said
*ʾešmərāh*: verb, qal imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - I will guard/keep
*dərākay*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my ways
*ḥăṭôʾ*: verb, qal infinitive construct with prefixed preposition 'mē' - from sinning
*lišônî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition 'bə' - with my tongue
*pî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition 'lə' - for my mouth
*maḥsôm*: noun, masculine singular - muzzle/bridle
*ʿōd*: adverb with prefixed preposition 'bə' - while/during
*rāšāʿ*: adjective used as substantive, masculine singular - wicked/evil one
*negdî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition 'lə' - before me/in my presence

Word Meanings

*ʾāmartî*: I said/thought/decided
*ʾešmərāh*: I will guard/watch/keep/preserve
*dərākay*: my ways/paths/conduct
*ḥăṭôʾ*: sinning/offending/missing the mark
*maḥsôm*: muzzle/bridle/guard
*rāšāʿ*: wicked one/evil person/ungodly

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 32:19-20 : 19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. 20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
Ps 38:13-14 : 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth{H8799)} not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
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.
Matt 7:6 : 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Matt 27:12-14 : 12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? 14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
Acts 4:20 : 20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 39:8-10
3 verses
82%
8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make{H8799)} me not the reproach of the foolish.
9I was dumb, I opened{H8799)} not my mouth; because thou didst{H8804)} it.
10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed{H8804)} by the blow of thine hand.
Ps 39:1
81%
1To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said{H8804)}, I will take heed{H8799)} to my ways, that I sin{H8800)} not with my tongue: I will keep{H8799)} my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Ps 39:3
80%
3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned{H8799)}: then spake{H8765)} I with my tongue,
Ps 32:3
80%
3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
Ps 38:13-14
2 verses
78%
13But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth{H8799)} not his mouth.
14Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Isa 38:15
75%
15What 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.
Job 29:9-10
2 verses
74%
9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
Job 13:19
74%
19Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
Job 31:34
74%
34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
Job 29:21
74%
21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Job 33:31
73%
31Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
Ps 38:17
73%
17For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
Jer 20:9
73%
9Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
Lam 3:28
73%
28He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
Job 3:13
73%
13For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
Job 16:6
73%
6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
Ps 131:2
72%
2Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Ps 77:3-4
2 verses
72%
3I remembered{H8799)} God, and was troubled{H8799)}: I complained{H8799)}, and my spirit was overwhelmed{H8691)}. Selah.
4Thou holdest{H8804)} mine eyes waking: I am so troubled{H8738)} that I cannot speak{H8762)}.
Ps 38:8
72%
8I am feeble and sore broken{H8738)}: I have roared{H8804)} by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Ps 109:1
72%
1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
Ps 73:16
72%
16When I thought{H8762)} to know{H8800)} this, it was too painful for me;
Job 9:27
72%
27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
Job 7:11
71%
11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Prov 17:28
71%
28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Gen 31:40
71%
40Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Job 33:33
71%
33If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
Job 6:24
71%
24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Job 13:13
71%
13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
Job 30:28
71%
28I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
Ps 49:3
71%
3My mouth shall speak{H8762)} of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Job 3:26
71%
26I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
Job 13:5
71%
5O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
Dan 10:15
71%
15And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
Jer 8:18
71%
18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
Ps 73:21-22
2 verses
71%
21Thus my heart was grieved{H8691)}, and I was pricked{H8709)} in my reins.
22So foolish was I, and ignorant{H8799)}: I was as a beast before thee.
Ps 143:4
70%
4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
Ps 50:21
70%
21These things hast thou done{H8804)}, and I kept silence{H8689)}; thou thoughtest{H8765)} that I was altogether{H8800)} such an one as thyself: but I will reprove{H8686)} thee, and set them in order{H8799)} before thine eyes.
Lam 3:17
70%
17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
Ps 55:2
70%
2Attend{H8685)} unto me, and hear{H8798)} me: I mourn{H8686)} in my complaint, and make a noise{H8686)};
Job 37:20
70%
20Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
Job 40:4
70%
4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Job 37:1
70%
1At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
Job 32:16
70%
16When I had waited,(for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
Job 6:10
70%
10Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.