Psalms 39:3
What meaning of the psalms 39:3 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 39:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,"
What does Psalms 39:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,"
Verse Psalms 39:3. _MY HEART WAS HOT WITHIN ME_] A natural feeling of repressed grief. _WHILE I WAS MUSING_] What was at first a simple sensation of heat produced a _flame_; the _fire broke out_ that...
MY HEART WAS HOT WITHIN ME - My mind became more and more excited; my feelings more and more intense. The attempt to suppress my emotions only more and more enkindled them. WHILE I WAS MUSING THE FIR...
Psalms 39 Deep Soul Exercise in View of Man's Frailty and Nothingness _ 1. The vanity of life (Psalms 39:1)_ 2. Self-judgment and prayer (Psalms 39:7) This Psalm is connected closely with the prec...
XXXIX. PRAYER OF A PIOUS ISRAELITE IN DISTRESS. Psalms 39:3. The poet, afflicted though he is, is silent in presence of the wicked, lest they should impugn or ridicule God's righteous government of t...
The resolution of silence in the presence of temptation....
PSALMS 39 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Lament and Prayer of a Divinely Stricken One. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 39:1-3, How the Stricken One's Resolve to be Silent is Broken. Stanza II., Psalms 39:4-6, L...
_MY HEART WAS HOT WITHIN ME, WHILE I WAS MUSING THE FIRE BURNED: THEN SPAKE I WITH MY TONGUE,_ My heart was hot within me; while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue - (cf. Jerem...
This is a Ps. of great pathos and beauty. The writer's sore sickness, accepted as the punishment of sin (Psalms 39:9), has impressed him with the frailty and vanity of human life. He refrains at first...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
THE FIRE BURNED. — The attempt at repression only makes the inward flame of feeling burn the more fiercely, till at last it is too much for the resolution that has been formed, and the passion of the...
_[Psalms 39:4]_ חַם ־לִבִּ֨י ׀ בְּ קִרְבִּ֗י בַּ הֲגִיגִ֥י תִבְעַר ־אֵ֑שׁ דִּ֝בַּ֗רְתִּי בִּ לְשֹֽׁונִי׃...
Psalms 39:1 PROTRACTED suffering, recognised as chastisement for sin, had wasted the psalmist's strength. It had been borne for a while in silence, but the rush of emotion had burst the floodgates. T...
THE FLEETING MEASURE OF OUR DAYS Psalms 39:1 In the opening verses David describes the circumstances out of which this psalm arose. The presence and prosperity of the wicked stirred him to the depth...
Again the circumstances are sorrow and affliction. The attitude of the sufferer is true dignity. If the psalm be taken in connection with the preceding one, it marks an advance, perhaps a gain out of...
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: [then] (d) spake I with my tongue, (d) He confesses that he grudged against God, considering the greatness of his sorrows, and the shor...
_Misery. Hebrew, "confusion," (Berthier) or "noise," (St. Jerome; Haydock) from the greatest danger. (Theodoret) --- Dregs. Mud, Jeremias xxxviii. 6. St. Augustine, &c., explain this of the Christian...
We see here the profitableness of silence towards man, for it tended to receive the descendings of grace in leading the mind out in devout meditation towards God. How lovely are the kindlings of the H...
Psalms 38 _ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 38-40 = _ Day 8_ (_Morning_)....
3._My heart became hot within me _He now illustrates the greatness of his grief by the introduction of a simile, telling us that his sorrow, being internally suppressed, became so much the more inflam...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 38 AND 39. Psalms 38 and 39 have, as I have said, a distinct and peculiar character. The deliverance has been sought and looked for by the upright, and forgivene...
MY HEART WAS HOT WITHIN ME,.... Either with zeal for God; or rather with envy at the prosperity of wicked men, and with impatience at his own afflictions; WHILE I WAS MUSING THE FIRE BURNED; not the...
_My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: [then] spake I with my tongue,_ Ver. 3. _My heart was hot within me_] It was almost suffocated for want of vent. By heat of heart and...
_My heart was hot within me_ Though I said nothing, I could not but have many affecting thoughts: and “the fire of divine charity, thus prevented from diffusing itself for the illumination and warmth...
THE BELIEVER'S ATTITUDE IN VIEW OF THE APPARENT HAPPINESS OF THE GODLESS. To the chief musician, even to Jeduthun, or Ethan, the name of one of David's chief choristers, who was the leader of a famil...
1-6 If an evil thought should arise in the mind, suppress it. Watchfulness in the habit, is the bridle upon the head; watchfulness in acts, is the hand upon the bridle. When not able to separate from...
MUSING, i.e. considering in my own thoughts the great wickedness and successfulness of mine enemies, and other wicked men; and withal mine own and other good mews integrity, attended with great troubl...
Psalms 39:3 heart H3820 hot H2552 (H8804) within H7130 musing H1901 fire H784 burned H1197 (H8799) Then H227 spoke H1696 (H8765) tongue H3956 Jeremiah 20:9; Ezekiel 3:14; Luke 24:32...
1). THE PSALMIST IS DETERMINED NOT TO SAY ANYTHING IN THE PRESENCE OF UNRIGHTEOUS PEOPLE THAT MIGHT GIVE THEM OCCASION TO CRITICISE GOD. ONCE HE IS ALONE, HOWEVER, HE CANNOT KEEP SILENT (PSALMS 39:1)....
To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Jeduthun was one of those who led the sacred song in the house of God in David's day, and, long afterwards, we find the son of Jeduthun still...
CONTENTS: The psalmist, bowed down with sorrow and sickness, is burdened with unbelieving thoughts and prays for help. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: We should not feed the fire of discontent b...
This psalm is inscribed _to Jeduthun,_ leader of one of the choral bands in the temple. 1 Chronicles 16:41; and bears the name of David. Psalms 39:5. _Thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth,_ which...
_I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in my tongue; I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle._ THOUGHT AND PRAYER UNDER TRIAL I. Thought under trial. 1. Its utterance repress...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 39:1. This psalm allows those who are suffering to express their confusion to God. The circumstances of the suffering are left vague, although there is acknowledgment of sin...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, a psalm of David.” _Jeduthun_ was one of the leaders of the sacred music in the time of David (1 Chronicles 16:41; 1 Chronicles 25:6...
EXPOSITION THE psalmist, vexed and disgusted with life, feeling a desire to murmur and complain, but aware that his words are watched, and his wicked enemies ready to make use of them against him, has...
Psa 39:1-13. Jeduthun was one of David's musicians, as was Asaph. 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...
Ezekiel 3:14; Jeremiah 20:9; Luke 24:32...