King James Version (KJV)
Psalms 39:2
“I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.”
Verse in context — Psalms 39
1
To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
2
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
3
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: [then] spake I with my tongue,
4
LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it [is; that] I may know how frail I [am].
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