Shīpiān 39:2

2 Wǒ mò rán wú shēng , lián hǎo huà yĕ bù chukǒu . wǒde chóukǔ jiù fādòng le .

Shīpiān 39:2 Meaning and Commentary

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 ( Psalms 39:9 ) ; thus he put his resolution into practice;

I held my peace, [even] from good;
that is, he said neither good nor bad: this expresses the greatness of his silence: he did not choose to open his lips, and say anything that was good, lest evil should come out along with it; though this may be considered as carrying the matter too far, even to a criminal silence; saying nothing of the affliction he laboured under as coming from the hand of God, and of his own desert of it; nor praying to God for the removal of it, nor giving him thanks for his divine goodness in supporting him under it, and making it useful to him; though it seems rather to have respect to his silence concerning the goodness of his cause before men; he said not one word in the vindication of himself; but committed his cause to him that judgeth righteously. The Targum and Jarchi interpret it of his silence and cessation "from the words of the law": he said nothing concerning the good word of God; which sense, could it be admitted, the words in ( Jeremiah 20:9 ) ; might be compared with these and the following;

and my sorrow was stirred;
this was the issue and effect of his silence; his sorrow being pent up, and not let out and eased by words, swelled and increased the more; or the sorrow of his heart was stirred up at the insults and reproaches of his enemies, as Paul's spirit was stirred up by the superstition and idolatry of the city of Athens, ( Acts 17:16 ) .

Shīpiān 39:2 In-Context

1 ( Dàwèi de shī , jiāo yǔ líng zhǎng yé dù dú/dùn ) wǒ céng shuō , wǒ yào jǐnshèn wǒde yán xíng , miǎndé wǒ shétou fàn zuì . è rén zaì wǒ miànqián de shíhou , wǒ yào yòng jiaó huán lè zhù wǒde kǒu .

2 Wǒ mò rán wú shēng , lián hǎo huà yĕ bù chukǒu . wǒde chóukǔ jiù fādòng le .

3 Wǒde xīn zaì wǒ lǐmiàn fā rè . wǒ mòxiǎng de shíhou , huǒ jiù shāo qǐ , wǒ biàn yòng shétou shuōhuà .

4 Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ jiào wǒ xiǎodé wǒ shēn zhī zhōng , wǒde shòushu jǐ hé , jiào wǒ zhīdào wǒde shēngmìng bù zhǎng .

5 Nǐ shǐ wǒde nián rì , zhǎi rú shǒuzhǎng . wǒ yìshēng de nián shù , zaì nǐ miànqián , rútóng wú yǒu . gèrén zuì wĕntuǒ de shíhou , zhēn shì quán rán xū huàn . ( xì lā )