Cross References I have always held my peace, I have kept silence, I have been patient, I will speak now as a woman in labour: I will destroy, and swallow up at once. Psalm 50:21 These things hast thou done, and I was silent. Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face. Isaiah 30:18 Therefore the Lord waiteth that he may have mercy on you: and therefore shall he be exalted sparing you: because the Lord is the God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. Isaiah 57:11 For whom hast thou been solicitous and afraid, that thou hast lied, and hast not been mindful of me, nor thought on me in thy heart? for I am silent, and as one that seeth not, and thou hast forgotten me. Isaiah 64:12 Wilt thou refrain thyself, O Lord, upon these things, wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us vehemently? Isaiah 65:6 Behold it is written before me: I will not be silent, but I will render and repay into their bosom. Jeremiah 4:31 For I have heard the voice as of a woman in travail, anguishes as of a woman in labour of a child. The voice of the daughter of Sion, dying away, spreading her hands: Woe is me, for my soul hath fainted because of them that are slain. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge I have always held my peace, I have kept silence, I have been patient, I will speak now as a woman in labour: I will destroy, and swallow up at once. long time Job 32:18,20 For I am full of matter to speak of, and the spirit of my bowels straiteneth me. . . . Psalm 50:2 Out of Sion the loveliness of his beauty. Psalm 83:1,2 A canticle of a psalm for Asaph. [2] O God, who shall be like to thee? hold not thy peace, neither be thou still, O God. . . . Ecclesiastes 8:11,12 For because sentence is not speedily pronounced against the evil, the children of men commit evils without any fear. . . . Jeremiah 15:6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward: and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and I will destroy thee: I am weary of entreating thee. Jeremiah 44:22 So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which you have committed: therefore your land is become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. Luke 18:7 And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night? And will he have patience in their regard? 2 Peter 3:9,10,15 The Lord delayeth not his promise, as some imagine, but dealeth patiently for your sake, not willing that any should perish, but that all should return to penance, . . . devour. Context A New Song of Praise…13The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, as a man of war shall he stir up zeal: he shall shout and cry: he shall prevail against his enemies. 14I have always held my peace, I have kept silence, I have been patient, I will speak now as a woman in labour: I will destroy, and swallow up at once.15I will lay waste the mountains and hills, and will make all their grass to wither: and I will turn rivers into islands, and will dry up the standing pools.… Lexicon I have kept silentהֶחֱשֵׁ֙יתִי֙ (he·ḥĕ·šê·ṯî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 2814: To be silent, inactive, or still from ages past; מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם (mê·‘ō·w·lām) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always I have kept quiet אַחֲרִ֖ישׁ (’a·ḥă·rîš) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise and restrained. אֶתְאַפָּ֑ק (’eṯ·’ap·pāq) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 662: To contain, abstain But now I will groan אֶפְעֶ֔ה (’ep̄·‘eh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 6463: To scream like a woman in labor; כַּיּוֹלֵדָ֣ה (kay·yō·w·lê·ḏāh) Preposition-k, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage I will at once יָֽחַד׃ (yā·ḥaḏ) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 3162: A unit, unitedly gasp אֶשֹּׁ֥ם (’eš·šōm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 5395: To blow away, destroy and pant. וְאֶשְׁאַ֖ף (wə·’eš·’ap̄) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 7602: To inhale eagerly, to cover, to be angry, to hasten Additional Translations I have kept silent from ages past; I have kept quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.I have long time held my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together. I have been silent: shall I also always be silent and forbear: I have endured like a travailing woman: I will now amaze and wither at once. Long time have I holden my peace; I have been still, I have restrained myself: I will cry like a woman that travaileth; I will blow and pant at once. I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together. I have long time held my peace; I have been still, and restrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. "I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant. I have kept silent from of old, I keep silent, I refrain myself, As a travailing woman I cry out, I desolate and swallow up together. 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