Psalms 39:1

(For the one directing, even to Yedutun. Mizmor Dovid) 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 said, I will be shomer over my ways, 1 that I sin not with my leshon; 1 I will be shomer over my mouth with a muzzle, 1 while the rashah is before me. 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 10:31Yet Yehu was not shomer to follow the Torat Hashem Elohei Yisroel with all his lev; for he departed not from the chattot Yarov'am which he caused Yisroel to commit sin.

1 Chronicles 25:1Moreover Dovid and the sarim of the tzava separated for avodah of the Bnei Asaph, and of Heman, and of Yedutun, who should prophesy with kinnorot, with nevalim, and with cymbals; and the number of the workmen according to their avodah (service) was;

Psalms 12:4Hashem shall cut off all flattering lips, 1 and the leshon that speaketh gedolot; 1

Psalms 62:1(For the one directing. According to Yedutun. Mizmor of Dovid) 1

Psalms 77:1(For the one directing. Set to Yedutun. Mizmor of Asaph) 1

Psalms 141:3Be shomer, Hashem, over my mouth; 1 guard the door of my lips. 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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