Psalms 39:1

For the end, a Psalm of David. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2I waited patiently for the Lord; 1 And he attended to me, and hearkened to my supplication. 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 10:31But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: he departed not from following the sins of Jeroboam, who made Israel to sin.

1 Chronicles 25:1And King David and the captains of the host appointed to their services the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, prophesiers with harps, and lutes, and cymbals: and their number was according to their polls serving in their ministrations.

Psalms 12:4Lest at any time mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: 1 My persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved. 1

Psalms 62:1A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Edom. 1

Psalms 77:1A Psalm of instruction for Asaph. 1 Give heed, O my people, to my law: 1 Incline your ear to the words of my mouth. 1

Psalms 141:3I will pour out before him my supplication: 1 I will declare before him mine affliction. 1

Matthew Henry on Psalms 39:1

David seems to have been in a great strait when he penned this psalm, and, upon some account or other, very uneasy; for it is with some difficulty that he conquers his passion, and composes his spirit himself to take that good counsel which he had given to others ( xxxvii. ) to rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him, without fretting; for it is easier to give the good advice than to give the good example of quietness under affliction. What was the particular trouble which gave occasion for the conflict David… Read the whole commentary →

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