Psalms 38:14 meaning and explanation

I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.

Psalms 38:14, Berean Standard Bible

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Psalm 38 is David's prayer, and in it he lays physical sickness, the weight of his own sin and the scheming of enemies before God. In verse 14 he describes his chosen response to those who plot against him: like a deaf man he does not hear, and like a mute man he does not open his mouth.

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