Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 39:2
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; (c) and my sorrow was stirred.
(c) Though when the wicked ruled he thought to have kept silence, yet his zeal caused him to change his mind.
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; (c) and my sorrow was stirred.
(c) Though when the wicked ruled he thought to have kept silence, yet his zeal caused him to change his mind.
Verse Psalms 39:2. _I HELD ANY PEACE_, EVEN _FROM GOOD_] "I ceased from the words of the law," says the _Chaldee_. I spoke nothing, _either good_ _or bad_. I did not even defend myself. _MY SORROW W...
I WAS DUMB WITH SILENCE - Compare Psalms 38:13. The addition of the words “with silence,” means that he was entirely or absolutely mute; he said nothing at all. The idea is, that he did not allow hims...
Psalms 39 Deep Soul Exercise in View of Man's Frailty and Nothingness _ 1. The vanity of life (Psalms 39:1)_ 2. Self-judgment and prayer (Psalms 39:7) This Psalm is connected closely with the prec...
XXXIX. PRAYER OF A PIOUS ISRAELITE IN DISTRESS. Psalms 39:3. The poet, afflicted though he is, is silent in presence of the wicked, lest they should impugn or ridicule God's righteous government of t...
DUMB: as if tongue-tied. GOOD. Perhaps the _Ellipsis_ (App-6) may be supplied "from good [words]". See P.B.V....
The resolution of silence in the presence of temptation....
_silence_ The word carries with it the idea of mute submission. Cp. Psalms 62:1; Psalms 37:7; Lamentations 3:26. even _from good_ I kept absolute silence, speaking neither good nor bad ...
I WAS DUMB WITH SILENCE— _I was dumb in silence: I held my peace from what is good; but my pain was irritated: i.e._ "I refrained from speaking what is good, from giving God the glory with relation to...
PSALMS 39 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Lament and Prayer of a Divinely Stricken One. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 39:1-3, How the Stricken One's Resolve to be Silent is Broken. Stanza II., Psalms 39:4-6, La...
_I WAS DUMB WITH SILENCE, I HELD MY PEACE, EVEN FROM GOOD; AND MY SORROW WAS STIRRED._ I held my peace, (even) from good - even from pleading before God with warrantable arguments. I said nothing as...
_Even_ FROM GOOD] RM 'and had no comfort.'...
This is a Ps. of great pathos and beauty. The writer's sore sickness, accepted as the punishment of sin (Psalms 39:9), has impressed him with the frailty and vanity of human life. He refrains at first...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
EVEN FROM GOOD. — This interpretation, while following the LXX., Vulg., and most ancient versions, is suspicious, since the particle, rendered _from,_ is not generally used in this sense after a verb...
_[Psalms 39:3]_ נֶאֱלַ֣מְתִּי ד֭וּמִיָּה הֶחֱשֵׁ֣יתִי מִ טֹּ֑וב...
Psalms 39:1 PROTRACTED suffering, recognised as chastisement for sin, had wasted the psalmist's strength. It had been borne for a while in silence, but the rush of emotion had burst the floodgates. Th...
THE FLEETING MEASURE OF OUR DAYS Psalms 39:1 In the opening verses David describes the circumstances out of which this psalm arose. The presence and prosperity of the wicked stirred him to the depths...
Again the circumstances are sorrow and affliction. The attitude of the sufferer is true dignity. If the psalm be taken in connection with the preceding one, it marks an advance, perhaps a gain out of...
_Expectation, or patience. (Haydock) --- God has, at last, granted my request._...
What a beautiful and lovely example doth Jesus hold forth of silence, not only in the sight, but under the reproaches of the ungodly! Oh! for grace to be always keeping in view him who endured such a...
Psalms 38 _ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 38-40 = _ Day 8_ (_Morning_)....
2._I was dumb in silence. _He now declares that this resolution of which he has spoken had not been a mere passing and momentary thought, but that he had shown by his conduct that it was indeed a reso...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 38 AND 39. Psalms 38 and 39 have, as I have said, a distinct and peculiar character. The deliverance has been sought and looked for by the upright, and forgivene...
I WAS DUMB WITH SILENCE,.... Quite silent, as if he had been a dumb man, and could not speak; so he was before men, especially wicked men, and under the afflicting hand of God; see Psalms 39:9; thus h...
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred. Ver. 2. _I was dumb with silence_] As not willing either to open the mouths of those dead dogs or to cast pearls...
_I was dumb with silence_ Or, _I was dumb in silence;_ two words expressing the same thing with greater force. _I held my peace even from good_ I spake not a word, either good or bad, but remained, li...
I was dumb with silence, in trusting submission, I HELD MY PEACE, EVEN FROM GOOD, away from prosperity, he shut his heart and mind off from everything and communed with God alone; AND MY SORROW WAS ST...
THE BELIEVER'S ATTITUDE IN VIEW OF THE APPARENT HAPPINESS OF THE GODLESS. To the chief musician, even to Jeduthun, or Ethan, the name of one of David's chief choristers, who was the leader of a famil...
STIRRED: _ Heb._ troubled...
1-6 If an evil thought should arise in the mind, suppress it. Watchfulness in the habit, is the bridle upon the head; watchfulness in acts, is the hand upon the bridle. When not able to separate from...
I WAS DUMB WITH SILENCE; I was so long and so obstinately silent, that I seemed to myself and to others to be dumb. Two words put together expressing the same thing, to aggravate or increase it. Or, _...
Psalms 39:2 mute H481 (H8738) silence H1747 peace H2814 (H8689) good H2896 sorrow H3511 stirred H5916 ...
1). THE PSALMIST IS DETERMINED NOT TO SAY ANYTHING IN THE PRESENCE OF UNRIGHTEOUS PEOPLE THAT MIGHT GIVE THEM OCCASION TO CRITICISE GOD. ONCE HE IS ALONE, HOWEVER, HE CANNOT KEEP SILENT (PSALMS 39:1)....
Psalms 39:1 The unspoken judgment of mankind. Scripture speaks in two different ways about judging others. On the one hand, it says, "Judge nothing before the time, till the day of the Lord come;" on...
To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Jeduthun was one of those who led the sacred song in the house of God in David's day, and, long afterwards, we find the son of Jeduthun still...
To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. David dedicated some Psalms to Asaph, and one or two to Jeduthun. Some of this chief musician's family appear to have remained singers as lat...
Psalms 39:1. _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._ This is what David said; what he had deliberately...
This Psalm gives a description of David's experience and conduct when stretched upon a sick-bed. He appears to have felt impatience working within him, which I am sorry to say is a very common disease...
CONTENTS: The psalmist, bowed down with sorrow and sickness, is burdened with unbelieving thoughts and prays for help. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: We should not feed the fire of discontent b...
This psalm is inscribed _to Jeduthun,_ leader of one of the choral bands in the temple. 1 Chronicles 16:41; and bears the name of David. Psalms 39:5. _Thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth,_ which...
_I was dumb with silence._ SILENCE: SINFUL AND SACRED Was David right in keeping silence “even from good”? Matthew Henry remarks, “Was it his wisdom that he refrained from good discourse when the wic...
_I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in my tongue; I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle._ THOUGHT AND PRAYER UNDER TRIAL I. Thought under trial. 1. Its utterance repress...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 39:1. This psalm allows those who are suffering to express their confusion to God. The circumstances of the suffering are left vague, although there is acknowledgment of sin...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, a psalm of David.” _Jeduthun_ was one of the leaders of the sacred music in the time of David (1 Chronicles 16:41; 1 Chronicles 25:6...
EXPOSITION THE psalmist, vexed and disgusted with life, feeling a desire to murmur and complain, but aware that his words are watched, and his wicked enemies ready to make use of them against him, has...
Psa 39:1-13. Jeduthun was one of David's musicians, as was Asaph. 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...
Acts 4:20; Isaiah 53:7; Job 32:19; Job 32:20; Matthew 27:12;...
Dumb — Two words put together, expressing the same thing, to aggravate or increase it. I held — I forbear to speak, what I justly might, lest I should break forth into some indecent expressions. Stirr...