Parallel PSA 38:13

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BSB  ⇔ But like a deaf man, I do not hear;
⇔ and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.

OEB  ⇔ But I turn a deaf ear and hear not;
⇔ like the dumb I open not my mouth.

WEB But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear.
⇔ I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth.

NET But I am like a deaf man – I hear nothing;
 ⇔ I am like a mute who cannot speak.

LSV And I, as deaf, do not hear. And as a mute one who does not open his mouth.

FBV I act as if I'm deaf to what they're saying,[fn] and pretend to be dumb so I don't have to speak.

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T4T  ⇔ Now I act like I’m deaf, and do not listen to what they say.
⇔ I act like I cannot talk, so I say nothing to reply to them.

LEB  • the deaf I cannot hear, and I am like the mute who cannot open his mouth.

BBE But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth.

MOF But, like a deaf man, I never listen,
⇔ like a dumb man, I never say a word.

JPS (38-14) But I am as a deaf man, I hear not; and I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

ASV But I, as a deaf man, hear not;
 ⇔ And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

DRA Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication: give ear to my tears. Be not silent: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were.

YLT And I, as deaf, hear not. And as a dumb one who openeth not his mouth.

DBY But I, as a deaf [man], hear not; and am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

RV But I, as a deaf man, hear not; and I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

WBS But I, as a deaf man , heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

KJB But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
  (But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth/opens not his mouth. )

BB As for me, as one deafe I woulde not heare: and I was as one that is dumbe who coulde not open his mouth.
  (As for me, as one deafe I would not hear: and I was as one that is dumbe who could not open his mouth.)

GNV But I as a deafe man heard not, and am as a dumme man, which openeth not his mouth.
  (But I as a deafe man heard not, and am as a dumme man, which openeth/opens not his mouth. )

CB As for me, I was like a deaf ma, and herde not: and as one that were domme, not openynge his mouth.
  (As for me, I was like a deaf ma, and heard not: and as one that were domme, not openynge his mouth.)

WYC Lord, here thou my preier and my bisechyng; perseyue thou with eeris my teeris.
  (Lord, here thou/you my prayer and my bisechyng; perseyue thou/you with ears my teeris.)

LUT Und die mir nach der SeeLE stehen, stellen mir; und die mir übel wollen, reden, wie sie Schaden tun wollen, und gehen mit eitel Listen um.
  (And the to_me nach the SeeLE stehen, stellen to_me; and the to_me übel wollen, reden, like they/she/them Schaden tun wollen, and gehen with eitel Listen um.)

CLV Exaudi orationem meam, Domine, et deprecationem meam; auribus percipe lacrimas meas. Ne sileas, quoniam advena ego sum apud te, et peregrinus sicut omnes patres mei.
  (Exaudi orationem meam, Domine, and deprecationem meam; auribus percipe lacrimas meas. Ne sileas, quoniam advena I I_am apud you(sg), and peregrinus sicut everyone patres my/mine. )

BRN O Lord, hearken to my prayer and my supplication: attend to my tears: be not silent, for I am a sojourner in the land, and a stranger, as all my fathers were.

BrLXX Εἰσάκουσον τῆς προσευχῆς μου Κύριε καὶ τῆς δεήσεώς μου· ἐνώτισαι τῶν δακρύων μου· μὴ παρασιωπήσῃς, ὅτι πάροικος ἐγώ εἰμι ἐν τῇ γῇ καὶ παρεπίδημος, καθὼς πάντες οἱ πατέρες μου.
  (Eisakouson taʸs proseuⱪaʸs mou Kurie kai taʸs deaʸseōs mou; enōtisai tōn dakruōn mou; maʸ parasiōpaʸsaʸs, hoti paroikos egō eimi en taʸ gaʸ kai parepidaʸmos, kathōs pantes hoi pateres mou. )