Psalms 38:14 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 38:14

I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

KJV

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Cassian

INSTITUTES 4:41 (435)

You should walk as one that is deaf and dumb and blind, so that, putting aside the contemplation of him who has been rightly chosen by you as your model of perfection, you should be like one who is blind and not see any of those things that you find to be unedifying. Nor should you be influenced by the authority or fashion of those who do these things and give yourself up to what is worse and what you formerly condemned.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Herein David was a type of Christ, who was as a sheep dumb before the shearer, and, when he was reviled, reviled not again; and both are examples to us not to render railing for railing. He kept close to his God by faith and prayer, and so both supported himself under these injuries and silenced his own resentments of them.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (1870)

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. He repeats the fact of his silence that we may note it, admire it, and imitate it. We have an advocate, and need not therefore plead our own cause. The Lord will rebuke our foes, for vengeance belongs to him; we may therefore wait patiently and find it our strength to sit still.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאֱהִ֗י	va.'e.Hi	and I have become	H1961 →
כְּ֭אִישׁ	Ke.'ish	like a man	H376 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
שֹׁמֵ֑עַ	sho.Me.a'	[is] hearing	H8085 →
וְאֵ֥ין	ve.'Ein	and there not	H369 →
בְּ֝פִ֗יו	be.Fiv	in mouth his	H6310 →
תּוֹכָחֽוֹת׃	to.kha.Chot	[are] arguments	H8433 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H8433tokhachot[are] arguments28×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 8:6
They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.
leads to
- Jeremiah 17:13
  O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of…
- Ecclesiastes 3:7
  a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 10:25
  One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Through
Micah 7:5
Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
leads to
- Jeremiah 9:4
  “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
- Psalms 118:8–9
  It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
- Matthew 10:16
  Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
- Job 6:14–15
  A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
- Judges 16:5–20
  The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him.…

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms