Psalms 39:2. I was dumb with silence,
"I did not speak, I could not speak: ‘I was dumb with silence.’"
Psalms 39:2. I held my peace, even from good;
David’s conduct proves that, even when we are doing something which is right, we are apt to overdo it, and so we stray into a vice while pursuing a virtue. You can run so close to the heels of a virtue that they may knock out your teeth; you may be so ardent for one good thing that you may miss another: "I held my peace, even from good."
Psalms 39:2. And my sorrow was stirred.
Not giving it vent, it boiled and seethed: "My sorrow was stirred." Sometimes, a little talk is a great easement to a troubled spirit; but, as David was dumb, his sorrow was not still.
Psalms 39:2. I was dumb with silence,
"I did not speak, I could not speak: ‘I was dumb with silence.’"
Psalms 39:2. I held my peace, even from good;
David’s conduct proves that, even when we are doing something which is right, we are apt to overdo it, and so we stray into a vice while pursuing a virtue. You can run so close to the heels of a virtue that they may knock out your teeth; you may be so ardent for one good thing that you may miss another: "I held my peace, even from good."
Psalms 39:2. And my sorrow was stirred.
Not giving it vent, it boiled and seethed: "My sorrow was stirred." Sometimes, a little talk is a great easement to a troubled spirit; but, as David was dumb, his sorrow was not still.