Psalmen 39:10

10 Ik ben verstomd, ik zal mijn mond niet opendoen, want Gij hebt het gedaan.

Psalmen 39:10 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 39:10

Remove thy stroke away from me
The psalmist still considers his affliction as coming from the hand of God, as his stroke upon him, and which lay as a heavy burden on him, and which God only could remove; and to him he applies for the removal of it, who is to be sought unto by his people to do such things for them; nor is such an application any ways contrary to that silence and patience before expressed;

I am consumed by the blow of thine hand;
meaning either that his flesh was consumed by his affliction, which came from the hand of God, or he should be consumed if he did not remove it: he could not bear up under it, but must sink and die; if he continued to strive and contend with him, his spirit would fail before him, and the soul that he had made; and therefore he entreats he would remember he was but dust, and remove his hand from him; for this is a reason enforcing the preceding petition.

Psalmen 39:10 In-Context

8 En nu, wat verwacht ik, o HEERE! Mijn hoop, die is op U.

9 Verlos mij van al mijn overtredingen; en stel mij niet tot een smaad des dwazen.

10 Ik ben verstomd, ik zal mijn mond niet opendoen, want Gij hebt het gedaan.

11 Neem Uw plage van op mij weg, ik ben bezweken van de bestrijding Uwer hand.

12 Kastijdt Gij iemand met straffingen om de ongerechtigheid, zo doet Gij zijn bevalligheid smelten als een mot; immers is een ieder mens ijdelheid. Sela.