Psalms

Psalm 39:9–10

⁹I have become mute;

I do not open my mouth

because of what You have done.

¹⁰Remove Your scourge from me;

I am perishing by the force of Your hand.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I have become mute	נֶ֭אֱלַמְתִּי	ne·’ĕ·lam·tî	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular	H481 bind
I do not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
open	אֶפְתַּח־	’ep̄·taḥ-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H6605 open
my mouth	פִּ֑י	pî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H6310 mouth
because	כִּ֖י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
You	אַתָּ֣ה	’at·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
have done	עָשִֽׂיתָ׃	‘ā·śî·ṯā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H6213 do, make

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Remove	הָסֵ֣ר	hā·sêr	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular	H5493 turn aside
Your scourge	נִגְעֶ֑ךָ	niḡ·‘e·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5061 stroke, plague, mark, plague-spot
from me	מֵעָלַ֣י	mê·‘ā·lay	Preposition-m; first person common singular	H5921 height
I	אֲנִ֣י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
am perishing	כָלִֽיתִי׃	ḵā·lî·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
by the force	מִתִּגְרַ֥ת	mit·tiḡ·raṯ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H8409 contention, strife, hostility
of Your hand	יָ֝דְךָ֗	yā·ḏə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3027 hand

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 39:9 Job 2:10 · 1 Samuel 3:18 · Daniel 4:35 · Job 1:21 · 2 Samuel 16:10 · Job 40:4–5 · Leviticus 10:3

Psalm 39:10 Job 9:34 · Job 13:21 · Psalm 38:3–4 · Psalm 32:4 · Psalm 25:16–17

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.