Psalms 39:3
Hot was my heart within me, While I was musing, there was kindled a fire, I spake with my tongue!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 dumb with silence, I held my peace, afar from happiness, But, my pain had been stirred:
Cross References
Jeremiah 20:9Therefore I say—I will not mention him Neither will I speak any more in his name, But then it becometh in my heart as a fire that burneth, Shut up in my bones,—And I am weary of restraint and cannot refrain.
Luke 24:32And they said one to another—Was not, our heart, burning, as he was speaking to us in the way, as he was opening 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 →