Psalms 39:3
(39-4) My heart waxed hot within me; while I was musing, the fire kindled; then spoke I with my tongue:
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
2(39-3) I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, had no comfort; and my pain was held in check.
Cross References
Jeremiah 20:9And if I say: 'I will not make mention of Him, nor speak any more in His name', then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I weary myself to hold it in, but cannot.
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 →