Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 39:9

9. I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because thou didst it .

To wit, in way of Murmuring, or Repining against thee, o[illegible: 1+ letters] thy Providence, as I promise I would be, v. 1. For though, when I looked onely to Instruments, I was Discomposed, and did at last speak a foolish Word, yet when I did Recollect my self and looked up to thee, the first Cause and Soveraign disposer of this, and all other things, I return to my former silence.

What? Either, 1. And particularly, Absolom's Rebellion; wherein I acknowledge thy just Hand in punishing my sins. Or, 2. And more generally, whatsoever is done in these Matters, all the Events which befall all Men, whether good or bad; The Afflictions of the one, and the Prosperity of the other: All which are the Effects of thy Counsel and Providence, in which all Men ought to acquiesce.

Marginal references: Job 4[illegible: 1+ letters] ▪ 4, 5▪