Go
Articles on

Psalm 38

Psa. 38:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
13
Butb I, as a deaf
cheresh (Hebrew #2795)
deaf (whether literally or spir.)
KJV usage: deaf.
Pronounce: khay-rashe'
Origin: from 2790
man, heard
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
not; and I was as a dumb man
'illem (Hebrew #483)
speechless
KJV usage: dumb (man).
Pronounce: il-lame'
Origin: from 481
that openeth
pathach (Hebrew #6605)
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
KJV usage: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-)grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
Pronounce: paw-thakh'
Origin: a primitive root
not his mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
.
b
2 Sam. 16:10• 10And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, for Jehovah has said to him, Curse David! Who shall then say, Why dost thou so? (2 Sam. 16:10)
,etc.;
Isa. 42:19‑20• 19Who is blind, but my servant? and deaf, as my messenger whom I sent? Who is blind as he in whom I have trusted, and blind as Jehovah's servant,
 20--seeing many things, and thou observest not? With opened ears, he heareth not. (Isa. 42:19‑20)

Cross References

+

Ministry on This Verse

+
Psa. 39:2,9• 2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
 9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; for *thou* hast done it. (Psa. 39:2,9)
;
2 Sam. 16:10‑12• 10And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, for Jehovah has said to him, Curse David! Who shall then say, Why dost thou so?
 11And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth of my bowels, seeks my life: how much more now a Benjaminite? let him alone and let him curse; for Jehovah has bidden him.
 12It may be that Jehovah will look on mine affliction, and that Jehovah will requite me good for my being cursed this day. (2 Sam. 16:10‑12)
;
Isa. 53:7• 7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, but he opened not his mouth; he was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and was as a sheep dumb before her shearers, and he opened not his mouth. (Isa. 53:7)
;
1 Peter 2:23• 23who, when reviled, reviled not again; when suffering, threatened not; but gave himself over into the hands of him who judges righteously; (1 Peter 2:23)
• It will be remarked that the soul, with its desire before God, is entirely submissive, and silent as to the mischief and wrong of the enemy; and that because it referred to God and hoped in Him, trusted in Him as having carried the whole matter in the spirit of confession to Him, and looks at it as coming from His hand. It would not otherwise have put him between itself and the enemies. (Ver. 13 and following.) (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 37-39” by J.N. Darby)
• Whatever the enemy may say or do, the godly soul is dumb and cannot utter any reproof, for he is conscious that he himself has sinned. (“Psalms 38” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

+
13
But I, as a deaf man, hear not; and am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.