And He said to them, "Go, tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third [day] I shall be perfected.'

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

Thus I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth [is] no response.

To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, "I will guard my ways, Lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, While the wicked are before me."

I was mute with silence, I held my peace [even] from good; And my sorrow was stirred up.

I was mute, I did not open my mouth, Because it was You who did [it.]

He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.

"Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.

But He answered him not one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.

The place in the Scripture which he read was this: "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer [is] silent, So He opened not His mouth.

who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed [Himself] to Him who judges righteously;