38:13 But I am like a deaf man – I hear nothing;
I am like a mute who cannot speak. 1
38:14 I am like a man who cannot hear
and is incapable of arguing his defense. 2
1 sn I am like a deaf man…like a mute. The psalmist is like a deaf mute; he is incapable of defending himself and is vulnerable to his enemies’ deception (see v. 14).
2 tn Heb “and there is not in his mouth arguments.”