Bible verse
I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
Psalm 39:2 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 39.
1 For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
2 I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
3 My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
4 “Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
5 You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
6 Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
KJV
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
ASV
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.
ERV
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
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