Psalms 39:2

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 Psa 39:9; thus he…

I was dumb with silence - Compare Psa 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 himself…

David here recollects, and leaves upon record, the workings of his heart under his afflictions; and it is good for us to do so, that what was thought amiss may be amended, and what was well thought of…

silence The word carries with it the idea of mute submission. Cp. Psa 62:1; Psa 37:7; Lam 3:26.

even from good I kept absolute silence, speaking neither good nor bad (Gen 31:24). Less probably as…