'Silence' in the Bible
Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babes You have established strengthBecause of Your adversaries,That You might silence the enemy and make the revengeful cease.
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted awayThrough my groaning all the day long.
You have seen this, O Lord; do not keep silent.O Lord, do not be far from me.
I was mute and silent [before my enemies],I refrained even from good,And my distress grew worse.
May our God come and not keep silent;Fire devours before Him,And around Him a mighty tempest rages.
Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods (heavenly beings)?Do you judge fairly, O sons of men?
For God alone my soul waits in silence;From Him comes my salvation.
To You belongs silence [the submissive wonder of reverence], and [it bursts into] praise in Zion, O God;And to You the vow shall be performed.
Do not keep silent, O God;Do not hold Your peace or be still, O God.
If the Lord had not been my help,I would soon have dwelt in [the land of] silence.
The dead do not praise the Lord,Nor do any who go down into silence;