Psalms 39:1

I vowed to watch my words, and sin not with my tongue, but to put on my mouth a muzzle, while the wicked were in my presence.

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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 was silent and dumb, speechless: but my pain was stirred up.

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Cross References

Psalms 12:4they declare, “Our tongue is our strength, our allies our lips: who is lord over us?”

Psalms 62:1I wait alone in silence for God; From him comes my help.

Psalms 77:1Loudly will I lift my cry to God, loudly to God, so he hears to me.

Psalms 141:3Set, O Lord, a watch on my mouth, put a guard on the door of my lips.

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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