Psalms 39:2

39:2 I was stone silent; ¹ 

I held back the urge to speak. ² 

My frustration grew; ³ 

Psalms 22:2

22:2 My God, I cry out during the day,

but you do not answer,

and during the night my prayers do not let up. ⁴ 

Psalms 62:1

Psalm 62 ⁵ 

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David.

62:1 For God alone I patiently wait; ⁶ 

he is the one who delivers me. ⁷ 

Psalms 65:1

Psalm 65 ⁸ 

For the music director; a psalm of David, a song.

65:1 Praise awaits you, ⁹  O God, in Zion.

Vows made to you are fulfilled.

[39:2]  ¹ tn Heb “I was mute [with] silence.”

[39:2]  ² tn Heb “I was quiet from good.” He kept quiet, resisting the urge to find emotional release and satisfaction by voicing his lament.

[39:2]  ³ tn Heb “and my pain was stirred up.” Emotional pain is in view here.

[22:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “there is no silence to me.”

[62:1]  ⁷ sn Psalm 62. The psalmist expresses his unwavering confidence in God’s justice and in his ability to protect his people.

[62:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “only for God [is] there silence [to] my soul.”

[62:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “from him [is] my deliverance.”

[65:1]  ¹⁰ sn Psalm 65. The psalmist praises God because he forgives sin and blesses his people with an abundant harvest.

[65:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for you, silence, praise.” Many prefer to emend the noun דֻּמִיָּה (dumiyyah, “silence”) to a participle דּוֹמִיָּה (domiyyah), from the root דָּמָה (damah, “be silent”), understood here in the sense of “wait.”