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Psalms 39:2

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— I was mute and silent, I refrained [even] from good, And my sorrow grew worse.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— I was dumb with silence, I held my peace from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, afar from happiness, But, my pain had been stirred:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— I was dumb [with] silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— I was dumb, and was humbled, and kept silence from good things: and my sorrow was renewed.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— I was dumme & spake nothing: I kept silece euen from good, and my sorow was more stirred.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— I was dumbe with silence, I held my peace, [euen] from good, and my sorrow was stirred.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— I was dumb and sorrowful, I was wretched, I held myself aloof, even from good; and my sorrow was multiplied.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— I was dumb, and humbled myself, and kept silence from good [words]; and my grief was renewed.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
I was dumb 481
{0481} Prime
אָלַם
'alam
{aw-lam'}
A primitive root; to tie fast; hence (of the mouth) to be tongue tied.
z8738
<8738> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 1429
with silence, 1747
{1747} Prime
דּוּמִיָּה
duwmiyah
{doo-me-yaw'}
From H1820; stillness; adverbially silently; abstractly quiet, trust.
I held my peace, 2814
{2814} Prime
חָשָׁה
chashah
{khaw-shaw'}
A primitive root; to hush or keep quiet.
z8689
<8689> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 2675
[even] from good; 2896
{2896} Prime
טוֹב
towb
{tobe}
From H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well).
x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
and my sorrow 3511
{3511} Prime
כְּאֵב
k@'eb
{keh-abe'}
From H3510; suffering (physical or mental), adversity.
was stirred. 5916
{5916} Prime
עָכַר
`akar
{aw-kar'}
A primitive root; properly to roil water; figuratively to disturb or afflict.
z8738
<8738> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 1429
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 39:2

_ _ even from good — (Genesis 31:24), everything.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 39:1-6.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 39:2

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. Stirred — My silence did not assuage my grief, but increase it.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
I was:

Psalms 38:13-14 But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth. ... Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.
Isaiah 53:7 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.
Matthew 27:12-14 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. ... And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.

even:

Matthew 7:6 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.

my sorrow:

Job 32:19-20 Behold, my belly [is] as wine [which] hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. ... I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
Acts 4:20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

stirred:
Heb. troubled
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Jb 32:19. Ps 38:13. Is 53:7. Mt 7:6; 27:12. Ac 4:20.

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