Psalm 38:14
 Psalm 38:14 
New International Version (©2011)
I have become like one who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.

New Living Translation (©2007)
I choose to hear nothing, and I make no reply.

English Standard Version (©2001)
I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Yes, I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth are no arguments.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
I am like a man who does not hear and has no arguments in his mouth.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Indeed, I have become like a man who hears nothing, and in whose mouth there is no rebuke.

NET Bible (©2006)
I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
I have been like a man who does not hear and there is no rebuke in his mouth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
I am like one who cannot hear and who can offer no arguments.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Thus I was as a man that hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

American King James Version
Thus I was as a man that hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I became as a man that heareth not : and that hath no reproofs in his mouth.

Darby Bible Translation
Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

English Revised Version
Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

World English Bible
Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.

Young's Literal Translation
Yea, I am as a man who heareth not, And in his mouth are no reproofs.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

38:12-22 Wicked men hate goodness, even when they benefit by it. David, in the complaints he makes of his enemies, seems to refer to Christ. But our enemies do us real mischief only when they drive us from God and our duty. The true believer's trouble will be made useful; he will learn to wait for his God, and will not seek relief from the world or himself. The less we notice the unkindness and injuries that are done us, the more we consult the quiet of our own minds. David's troubles were the chastisement and the consequence of his transgressions, whilst Christ suffered for our sins and ours only. What right can a sinner have to yield to impatience or anger, when mercifully corrected for his sins? David was very sensible of the present workings of corruption in him. Good men, by setting their sorrow continually before them, have been ready to fall; but by setting God always before them, they have kept their standing. If we are truly penitent for sin, that will make us patient under affliction. Nothing goes nearer to the heart of a believer when in affliction, than to be under the apprehension of God's deserting him; nor does any thing come more feelingly from his heart than this prayer, Be not far from me. The Lord will hasten to help those who trust in him as their salvation.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 14. - Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs; i.e. I was like a man who is unable to answer, to reprove, or rebuke an adversary. So great was my self-restraint.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thus I was as a man that heareth not,.... Any thing that is said unto him; he took no more notice of it than if he had never heard it; but bore all the railings and calumnies of men with calmness and patience;

and in whose mouth are no reproofs; as if he had nothing to say for himself, in vindication of his character, and to the refutation of his enemies; as if he had no arguments to make use of, for the conviction and reproof of his adversaries.


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O Lord, Don't Rebuke Me in Your Wrath
13But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that opens not his mouth. 14Thus I was as a man that hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15For in you, O LORD, do I hope: you will hear, O Lord my God. …

Psalm 38:13 I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, like the mute, who cannot speak;
Psalm 38:15 LORD, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.