Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
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Gill's Exposition
For in thee, O Lord, do I hope,.... That he would plead his cause against his accusers and revilers, and who sought his hurt; that he should be delivered out of their hands, and out of all his…
Barnes' Notes
Thus I was as a man that heareth not - The sentiment in the former verse is repeated here to show the greatness of his patience and forbearance, or to fix the attention on the fact that one who was so…
In these verses,
I. David complains of the power and malice of his enemies, who, it should seem, not only took occasion from the weakness of his body and the trouble of his mind to insult over him,…
Cambridge Bible
Yea, I am become like a man that hath no hearing;
And in whose mouth are no arguments.
No arguments for his own defence. Cp. Job 23:4, where Job desires to argue with God.