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Psalm 39:3

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39:3my anxiety intensified.7

As I thought about it, I became impatient.8

Finally I spoke these words:9

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Footnotes

  1. 7 Heb “my heart was hot within me.”
  2. 8 Heb “In my reflection fire burned.” The prefixed verbal form is either a preterite (past tense) or an imperfect being used in a past progressive or customary sense (“fire was burning”).
  3. 9 Heb “I spoke with my tongue.” The phrase “these words” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

My heart became hot within me.

As I mused, the fire burned;

then I spoke with my tongue:

NIVNew International Version (2011)

my heart grew hot within me.

While I meditated, the fire burned;

then I spoke with my tongue:

CSBChristian Standard Bible

My heart grew hot within me;

as I mused, a fire burned.

I spoke with my tongue:

NLTNew Living Translation

The more I thought about it,

the hotter I got,

igniting a fire of words:

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

My heart grew hot inside me;

in my sighing a fire burned.

Then I spoke with my tongue,

KJV 1900King James Version

My heart was hot within me,

While I was musing the fire burned:

Then spake I with my tongue,