I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, and my sorrow grew worse; Psalm 39:2 NASB Refrained– David feels as if his voice is tied down. He wants to say something in the face of this evil, but he doesn’t know how. As a result, something even more debilitating happens. He discovers that when he doesn’t speak up…
I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, and my sorrow grew worse. My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned; Psalm 39:2-3a NASB Refrained– A short while ago we examined these verses. We concluded that David’s experience of deliberate silence caused emotional and physical separation from others and from himself. Based on the…
