But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
And I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

I was mute and silent,
I refrained even from good,
And my sorrow grew worse.

“I have become mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is You who have done it.

Let the lying lips be mute,
Which speak arrogantly against the righteous
With pride and contempt.