Quotes about Silence
Without speech or language, without a sound to be heard,
— Psalm 19:3
I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
— Psalm 22:2
Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
— Psalm 28:1
O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.
— Psalm 31:17
May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
— Psalm 31:18
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
— Psalm 32:3
O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
— Psalm 35:22
For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
— Psalm 39:1
I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
— Psalm 39:2
I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
— Psalm 39:9
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
— Psalm 50:21
From heaven You pronounced judgment, and the earth feared and was still
— Psalm 76:8