Psalms 39:2

39:2 I was stone silent;

I held back the urge to speak.

My frustration grew;

Psalms 39:9

39:9 I am silent and cannot open my mouth

because of what you have done.


tn Heb “I was mute [with] silence.”

tn Heb “I was quiet from good.” He kept quiet, resisting the urge to find emotional release and satisfaction by voicing his lament.

tn Heb “and my pain was stirred up.” Emotional pain is in view here.

tn Heb “because you acted.” The psalmist has in mind God’s disciplinary measures (see vv. 10-13).