Psalms 39:3

(39:4) My heart was hot within me, in my self-communing there burnt a fire: [then] spoke I with my tongue,

Leeser Tanakh

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 in deep silence, I was quite still, even from [speaking] good; but my pain was greatly excited;

4(39:5) Let me know, O Lord, my end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I wish to know when I shall cease to be.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 20:9And I thought, I will not make mention of him, and I will not speak any more in his name. But it became in my heart as a burning fire enclosed within my bones, and I was weary with enduring, and I could not overcome it.

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 →

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