Psalms 39:3
My heart became hot; 1 when I thought about these things, it burned like a fire. 1 Then finally I spoke. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 kept silent; I kept back my words even from saying anything good, 1 and my pain grew worse. 1
Cross References
Jeremiah 20:9If I say, 'I will not think about Yahweh anymore. I will not speak any longer in his name.' 1 Then it is like a fire in my heart, held within my bones. So I struggle to contain it but I cannot. 1
Luke 24:32They said one to another, “Was not our heart burning within us, while he spoke to 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 →