Poetic License?

I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, and my sorrow grew worse;  Psalm 39:2  NASB Mute and silent– When YHVH uses more than one word to communicate a single idea, we pay very close attention.  For example, Genesis 1:26 uses two words to describe the image of God in Man.  They aren’t simply synonyms.  The differences…