Psalms 39:3
I was dumb, and was humbled, and kept silence from good things : and my sorrow was renewed.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
In Context
4My heart grew hot within me : and in my meditation a fire shall flame out.
Cross References
Jeremiah 20:9Then I said: I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name: and there came in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was wearied, not being able to bear it.
Luke 24:32And they said one to the other: Was not our heart burning within us, whilst he spoke in this way, and opened to us the scriptures?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 39:2-7
Devout Reflections; Brevity and Vanity of Life. 1 I 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. 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. 3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, 4 Lord , make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as a… Read the whole commentary →