World English Bible
Psalms 39:3
“My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:”
Verse in context — Psalms 39
1
I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.
2
I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.
3
My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:
4
Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
5
Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.
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