Quotes About Silence

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

I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.

I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.

Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?

Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.

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.

How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah

Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,

See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”

There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.

From heaven You pronounced judgment, and the earth feared and was still

You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.

A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.

Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?

How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.

The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.

They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;

It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.

They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;

they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.