Psalms 39:2

"I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good;

And my sorrow was stirred."

David did indeed refrain from speaking, even many of the good things, which he might have said; and this is a hint that there might have been things "not so good," which he thought, but did not speak; however we shall not attempt to supply the details on that, which are not in the text.

"And my sorrow was stirred" (Psalms 39:2). "The attempt to suppress his feelings by not speaking of them provided no help at all but only increased his anguish."[11]