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Psalm 39:3

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3 Ik was verstomd door stilzwijgen, ik zweeg van het goede; maar mijn smart werd verzwaard.

Psalm 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.

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Psalm 39:3 In-Context

1 Een psalm van David, voor den opperzangmeester, voor Jeduthun.
2 Ik zeide: Ik zal mijn wegen bewaren, dat ik niet zondige met mijn tong; ik zal mijn mond met een breidel bewaren, terwijl de goddeloze nog tegenover mij is.
3 Ik was verstomd door stilzwijgen, ik zweeg van het goede; maar mijn smart werd verzwaard.
4 Mijn hart werd heet in mijn binnenste, een vuur ontbrandde in mijn overdenking; toen sprak ik met mijn tong:
5 HEERE! maak mij bekend mijn einde, en welke de mate mijner dagen zij; dat ik wete, hoe vergankelijk ik zij.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.

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