Psalms 39:3

What does Psalms 39:3 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 39:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned; Then spake I with my tongue:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned; Then spake I with my tongue:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I said with my tongue,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Hot <FI>is<Fi> my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

My heart burned within me; the fire was kindled in my musing: I spoke with my tongue,

Context

v.2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.

v.3This passage

v.4Jehovah, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is; Let me know how frail I am.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 24:32

    And they said one to another, Was not our heart burning within us, while he spake to us in the way, 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; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.

  • Jeremiah 20:9

    And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot contain.

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