Psalms 39:1

Psalms 39:1

Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness

To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

1 I said, “I will guard my ways,
Lest I sin with my ^atongue;
I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle,
While the wicked are before me.”

2 ^aI was mute with silence,
I held my peace even from good;
And my sorrow was stirred up.

3 My heart was hot within me;
While I was¹ musing, the fire burned.
Then I spoke with my tongue:

4 “Lord, ^amake me to know my end,
And what is the measure of my days,
That I may know how frail I am.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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To Jeduthun (I Chronicles 16:41-42), one of the chief singers. His name mentioned, perhaps, as a special honor. Under depressing views of his frailty and the prosperity of the wicked, the Psalmist, tempted to murmur, checks the expression of his feelings, till, led to regard his case aright, he prays for a proper view of his condition and for the divine compassion. (Psalms 39:1-13)

I said—or, "resolved."

will take heed—watch.

ways—conduct, of which the use of the tongue is a part (James 1:26).

bridle—literally, "muzzle for my mouth" (compare Deuteronomy 25:4).

while . . . before me—in beholding their prosperity (Psalms 37:10, Psalms 37:36).

**Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Psalms 39:1:**

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James 1:26-27

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