Psalms 39:4
My lev became hot within me; 1 while I was musing the eish burned; 1 then I spoke with my leshon: 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3I was dumb with silence, 1 I held my peace for the sake of tov; 1 and my distress grew severe. 1
Cross References
Psalms 90:12So teach us to number yameinu, 1 that we may apply levav unto chochmah. 1
Psalms 119:84How many are the days of Thy eved? 1 Mosai (when) wilt Thou execute mishpat on them that persecute me? 1
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 →