John Trapp on Psalms 39:2

Verſ. 2. I was dumb with ſilence] As not willing either to open the mouthes of thoſe dead dogs; or to caſt pearles before thoſe ſenſuall ſwine.

I held my peace even from good] That good which I might have ſpoken in mine own defence, and their reproof, ne miſcerem illiud cum malo, ſaith One,Intellige [illegible: 1 word] bono licito, non de bon[illegible: 1 letter] neceſſario [illegible: 1 word] praecepto. leſt ſome evill ſhould be mingled with it; as mud and gravell is with the clear water that runs down a current.

And my ſorrow was ſtirred] Heb. Troubled; Though I had ſomewhat to do, to do it. Corruption muſt be curb'd, and kept in by violence, Jam. 1.26.

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