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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 39:3

Psalms 39:3. 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 of those around it, presently ascended, in a flame of devotion, toward heaven.” While I was musing While this fire “continued to be fed, and preserved in brightness and vigour, by meditation on the goodness of God, and the ingratitude of man; the transient miseries of time, and the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 39:1-13

Psalm 38-39 The cries of the sickThe psalmist David felt that sometimes punishment for his sins took the form of sickness (e.g. Psalms 6:0) or opposition from those who envied or hated him (e.g. Psalms 25:0). Both elements appear again in the prayer of Psalms 38:0, which, being a confession of sin, was suitable to be offered with certain sacrifices.As the suffering David cries to God for mercy, he admits that, because of his sin, he deserves what he has got (38:1-4). He vividly describes the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 39:3

"My heart was hot within me;While I was musing the fire burned;Then spake I with my tongue.""The fire burned" (Psalms 39:3). In our view, this is the same situation that once confronted Jeremiah, who wrote: "If I say I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart a burning fire shut up in my bones; and I am weary with forbearing, and cannot contain" (Jeremiah 20:9). There was no rebuke upon Jeremiah for this failure to keep silence; and we feel sure... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 39:3

3. His emotions, as a smothered flame, burst forth. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 39:1-3

David harbored some strong feelings that he refrained from expressing publicly. As a fire within him they burned to come out, but he held them in fearing that he might regret his words. His feelings arose out of his discipline at God’s hand (Psalms 39:9). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 39:1-6

1. The brevity of life 39:1-6 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 39:1-13

Psalms 39David seems to have composed this individual lament during a prolonged illness that almost proved fatal (cf. Job). He petitioned God to extend his days rather than to continue the chastening. This psalm is quite similar to the preceding one, but in this one David did not mention opposition from his enemies.Jeduthun, mentioned in the title, was one of David’s chief musicians (1 Chronicles 16:41-42). Perhaps David wrote the psalm for Jeduthun to perform or lead, or for the group of... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 39:1-13

This is a Ps. of great pathos and beauty. The writer’s sore sickness, accepted as the punishment of sin (Psalms 39:9-11), has impressed him with the frailty and vanity of human life. He refrains at first from all complaint lest his words should be sinful and harmful (Psalms 39:1-2). When he does speak it is to utter without bitterness his conviction of life’s brevity and nothingness (Psalms 39:3-6). He concludes with a humble prayer that though he is but a pilgrim on earth God may grant him... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 39:3

(3) 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 heart breaks out in words. Like the modern poet, the Hebrew bard had felt“Twere better not to breathe or speakThan cry for strength, remaining weak,And seem to find, but still to seek.”“But thought is too much for him, and he breaks into speech, not, however, fretfully, still less with bitter... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 39:1-13

Psalms 39:9 During the suffering of his last illness Calvin was heard repeating the words of Hezekiah: 'I did mourn as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward,' followed by those of this Psalm; 'I was dumb; I opened not my mouth, because Thou didst it.' John Ker. Psalms 39:13 There is no mistaking the reality which prayer, in the sense of communion with God, was to him. When he heard of his appointment as Master he was staying in a friend's house. 'He leant his head against the mantelpiece... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 39:3

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 39:1-13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 39:3

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 39:3

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 39:1-3

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 39:1-6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 39:1-13

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 39:1-13

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 39:3

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 39:1-13

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