Psalms 39 · Verse 3

Psalms 39:3

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
Psalms 39:3, King James Version

Psalms 39:3 in other translations

BSBMy heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
WEBMy heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned. I spoke with my tongue:
ASVMy heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned; Then spake I with my tongue:
YLTHot is my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.
DARBYMy heart burned within me; the fire was kindled in my musing: I spoke with my tongue,
BBEMy heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I said with my tongue,
WebsterMy heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then I spoke with my tongue.

What does Psalms 39:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. His emotions, as a smothered flame, burst forth.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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 had long been smothered. It is a metaphor taken from vegetables, which, being heaped together, begin to heat and ferment, if not scattered and exposed to the air; and will soon produce a flame, and consume themselves and every thing within their reach.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 39:1-6

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 wicked men, we should remember they will watch our words, and turn them, if they can, to our disadvantage. Sometimes it may be necessary to keep silence, even from good words; but in general we are wrong when backward to…

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Psalms 39:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

חַם\־cham-it became hotH2552
לִבִּ֨י\׀li.Biheart myH3820
בְּקִרְבִּ֗יbe.kir.Biin inner being myH7130
בַּהֲגִיגִ֥יba.ha.gi.Giin sighing myH1901
תִבְעַר\־tiv.'ar-it burnedH1197
אֵ֑שׁ'EshfireH784
דִּ֝בַּ֗רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiI spokeH1696
בִּלְשֽׁוֹנִי\׃bil.Sho.niwith tongue myH3956

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 39:3

  • Jeremiah 20:9

    Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.

  • Luke 24:32

    And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

  • Ezekiel 3:14

    So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 20:9; Eze 3:14; Lu 24:32

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 39:2

    I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

  • Psalms 39:3

    My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

  • Psalms 39:4

    Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.

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Psalms 39:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Enardecióse mi corazón dentro de mí; encendióse fuego en mi meditación, y así proferí con mi lengua:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		J’ai été muet, dans le silence; je me suis tu à l’égard du bien; et ma douleur a été excitée.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Mein Herz brannte in meinem Innern, bei meinem Nachsinnen entzündete sich Feuer; ich sprach mit meiner Zunge:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et exaudivit preces meas, et eduxit me de lacu miseriæ et de luto fæcis. Et statuit super petram pedes meos, et direxit gressus meos.