Revised Webster's Bible
Psalms 39:3
3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then I spoke with my tongue,
Psalms 39:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
- New International Version (NIV)my heart grew hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:
- English Standard Version (ESV)My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:
- New King James Version (NKJV)My heart was hot within me; While I was musing, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
Context of Psalms 39:3
1I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. 2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then I spoke with my tongue, 4LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am . 5Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand breadth; and my age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Read all of Psalms 39Psalms 39:3 word by word
חַם־לִבִּ֨י׀ בְּקִרְבִּ֗י בַּהֲגִיגִ֥י תִבְעַר־אֵ֑שׁ דִּ֝בַּ֗רְתִּי בִּלְשֽׁוֹנִי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 39:3
- Jeremiah 20:9Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not refrain .
- Ezekiel 3:14So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
- Luke 24:32And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Commentaries on Psalms 39:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3My heart was hot within me - A natural feeling of repressed grief. While I was musing - What was at first a simple sensation of heat produced a flame; the fire broke out that had long been smothered. It is a metaphor taken from vegetables, which, being heaped together, begin to heat and ferment, if not scattered and exposed to the air; and will soon produce a flame, and consume themselves and every thing within their reach.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3My heart was hot within me - My mind became more and more excited; my feelings more and more intense. The attempt to suppress my emotions only more and more enkindled them. While I was musing the fire burned - literally, “in my meditation the fire burned.” That is, while I was dwelling on the subject; while I was agitating it in my mind; while I thought about it - the flame was enkindled, and my thoughts found utterance. He was unable longer to suppress…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3Suffering in silence makes the psalmist's anguish, pain, and inner distress worse.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. His emotions, as a smothered flame, burst forth.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 39
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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