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Psalm 39:3 KJV
Psalms · chapter 39 · verse 3
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,Psalm 39:3 · King James Version
Psalm 39:3 in context
1I 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.
2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
4LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.
5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- withinqerebproperly, the nearest partH7130 →
- musinghâgîygproperly, a murmurH1901 →
- burnedbâʻarto kindleH1197 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- spakedâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- fireʼêshfireH784 →
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David here recollects, and leaves upon record, the workings of his heart under his afflictions; and it is good for us to do so, that what was thought amiss may be amended, and what was well thought of may be improved the next time. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6