Psalms 39:9

World English Bible (2000)

I was mute. I didn't open my mouth, because you did it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 2:10 : 10 But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this Job didn't sin with his lips.
  • 2 Sam 16:10 : 10 The king said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because Yahweh has said to him, 'Curse David;' who then shall say, 'Why have you done so?'"
  • Job 1:21 : 21 He said, "Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be the name of Yahweh."
  • Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what Yahweh spoke of, saying, 'I will show myself holy to those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" Aaron held his peace.
  • 1 Sam 3:18 : 18 Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him. He said, "It is Yahweh. Let him do what seems good to him."
  • Job 40:4-5 : 4 "Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. 5 I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."
  • Ps 38:13 : 13 But I, as a deaf man, don't hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or ask him, What are you doing?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 39:1-3
    3 verses
    82%

    1I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."

    2I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

    3My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:

  • Ps 38:13-15
    3 verses
    79%

    13But I, as a deaf man, don't hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.

    14Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.

    15For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.

  • Ps 39:10
    77%

    10Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

  • Ps 39:8
    76%

    8Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don't make me the reproach of the foolish.

  • Prov 31:8
    73%

    8Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.

  • Isa 50:5
    72%

    5The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.

  • Ps 73:22
    72%

    22I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.

  • Ps 50:21
    72%

    21You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

  • Job 40:4
    71%

    4"Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

  • Isa 38:15
    71%

    15What will I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

  • Job 13:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit.

    20"Only don't do two things to me; then I will not hide myself from your face:

  • Dan 10:15
    71%

    15and when he had spoken to me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was mute.

  • Isa 53:7
    71%

    7He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn't open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn't open his mouth.

  • Ps 31:22
    71%

    22As for me, I said in my haste, "I am cut off from before your eyes." Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.

  • Ezek 33:22
    70%

    22Now the hand of Yahweh had been on me in the evening, before he who was escaped came; and he had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more mute.

  • Job 33:2
    70%

    2See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.

  • Ps 51:15
    70%

    15Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise.

  • Job 33:8
    70%

    8"Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,

  • Job 42:3
    70%

    3You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.

  • Ps 32:3
    70%

    3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

  • Prov 30:32
    69%

    32"If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.

  • Ps 109:1
    69%

    1God of my praise, don't remain silent,

  • Ps 31:14
    69%

    14But I trust in you, Yahweh. I said, "You are my God."

  • Job 29:9-11
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    69%

    9The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

    10The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

    11For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it commended me:

  • Job 6:24
    69%

    24"Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

  • Job 10:7
    69%

    7Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand.

  • Ps 109:27
    69%

    27that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it.

  • Ps 69:5
    69%

    5God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren't hidden from you.

  • Job 9:35
    69%

    35then I would speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself.

  • Jer 11:19
    69%

    19But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I didn't know that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

  • Job 31:34
    69%

    34because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn't go out of the door--

  • Ezek 16:63
    69%

    63that you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any more, because of your shame, when I have forgiven you all that you have done, says the Lord Yahweh.

  • Ezek 3:26
    68%

    26and I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, that you shall be mute, and shall not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.

  • Job 21:5
    68%

    5Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.

  • Lam 3:28
    68%

    28Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.

  • Ps 116:10
    68%

    10I believed, therefore I said, "I was greatly afflicted."

  • Ps 77:4
    68%

    4You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can't speak.

  • Job 15:6
    68%

    6Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.

  • Job 13:13
    68%

    13"Be silent, leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.

  • Job 9:28
    68%

    28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent.

  • Job 33:31
    68%

    31Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.

  • Job 32:14
    68%

    14for he has not directed his words against me; neither will I answer him with your speeches.

  • Job 31:23
    68%

    23For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because his majesty, I can do nothing.