American Standard Version
"Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs. "
— Psalms 38:14, American Standard Version
“Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.”
“Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.”
“I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense.”
“O forgive me, that I may be refreshed, before I go hence, and be no more. ”
“So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.”
“Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.”
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.