Psalms 39:9

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth,.... This refers either to his former silence, before he broke it, Psa 39:1, or to what he after that came into again, when he had seen the folly of his impatience,…

I was dumb - See the notes at Psa 39:2. Compare Isa 53:7. The meaning here is, that he did not open his mouth to complain; he did not speak of God as if he had dealt unkindly or unjustly with him. I…

The psalmist, having meditated on the shortness and uncertainty of life, and the vanity and vexation of spirit that attend all the comforts of life, here, in these verses, turns his eyes and heart…

This verse may refer to the silence with which he bore the taunts of his enemies (Psa 39:39; Psa 38:13-14); or it may be the expression of perfect resignation to the will of God: I am dumb, I will not…