Salmi 39:3

3 Il mio cuore si riscaldava dentro di me; mentre meditavo, un fuoco s’è acceso; allora la mia lingua ha parlato.

Salmi 39:3 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 39:3

My heart was hot within me
Either with zeal for God; or rather with envy at the prosperity of wicked men, and with impatience at his own afflictions;

while I was musing the fire burned;
not the fire of the divine word, while he was meditating upon it, which caused his heart to burn within him; nor the fire of divine love, the coals whereof give a most vehement flame, when the love of God is shed abroad in the heart, and the thoughts of it are directed by the Spirit of God to dwell in meditation on it; but the fire of passion, anger, and resentment, while meditating on his own adversity, and the prosperity of others;

[then] spake I with my tongue;
and so broke the resolution he had made, ( Psalms 39:1 ) ; he spoke not for God, though to him; not by way of thankfulness for his grace and goodness to him, in supporting him under his exercises; but in a way of complaint, because of his afflictions; it was in prayer he spoke to God with his tongue, and it was unadvisedly with his lips, as follows.

Salmi 39:3 In-Context

1 Per il Capo de’ musici. Per Jeduthun. Salmo di Davide. Io dicevo: Farò attenzione alle mie vie per non peccare con la mia lingua; metterò un freno alla mia bocca, finché l’empio mi starà davanti.

2 Io sono stato muto, in silenzio, mi son taciuto senz’averne bene; anzi il mio dolore s’è inasprito.

3 Il mio cuore si riscaldava dentro di me; mentre meditavo, un fuoco s’è acceso; allora la mia lingua ha parlato.

4 O Eterno, fammi conoscere la mia fine e qual è la misura de’ miei giorni. Fa’ ch’io sappia quanto son frale.

5 Ecco, tu hai ridotto i miei giorni alla lunghezza di qualche palmo, e la mia durata è come nulla dinanzi a te; certo, ogni uomo, benché saldo in piè, non è che vanità. Sela.