Psalms 39:3
My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned. I spoke with my tongue:
World Messianic 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 mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.
4“LORD, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
Cross References
Jeremiah 20:9If I say that I will not make mention of him, or speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones. I am weary with holding it in. I can’t.
Luke 24:32They said to one another, “Weren’t our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?”
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 →