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Psalms 39:3

AngerGriefWords and speech

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.

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 an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

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BSB
My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
KJV
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
WEB
My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned. I spoke with my tongue:
ASV
My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned: [Then] spake I with my tongue:
DARBY
My heart burned within me; the fire was kindled in my musing: I spoke with my tongue,
BLB
My heart became hot within me; in my musing, a fire was kindled; I have spoken with my tongue:
ÅB
Hjertet mitt ble hett i meg;
mens jeg grublet, brant det en ild.
Jeg talte med tungen:
OTB
Mitt hjerte brant i meg,
Mens jeg tenkte, ble ilden tent;
Da talte jeg med min tunge:
B1930
Mitt hjerte blev hett inneni mig, ved min grublen optendtes ild; - jeg talte med min tunge:

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Cross references

  • 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.

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  • 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?

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  • 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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