Psalms 39:3
My heart was hot within me; In my anguish the fire burst forth, And I spake with my tongue:
Noyes Bible
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
2I was dumb with silence; I spake not even what was good; But my pain was increased.
4LORD, make me to know mine end, And the number of my days, That I may know how frail I am!
Cross References
Jeremiah 20:9So I say, I will no more make mention of him, Nor speak any more in his name; But his word is in my heart like a burning fire, shut up in my bones, And I am weary with forbearing, And I cannot refrain.
Luke 24:32And they said one to another, Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked with us on the way, while he 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 →