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Psalms 39:3
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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. 
5 Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my age is as nothing before You;
Certainly every man at his best state is but avapor. Selah 
6 Surely every man walks about like a shadow;
Surely they1 busy themselves in vain;
He heaps up riches,
And does not know who will gather them. 
7 “And now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My ahope is in You. 
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions;
Do not make me athe reproach of the foolish. 
9 aI was mute, I did not open my mouth,
Because it was bYou who did it. 
10 aRemove Your plague from me;
I am consumed by the blow of Your hand. 
11 When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity,
You make his beauty amelt away like a moth;
Surely every man is vapor. Selah 
Verse Comparison: Psalms 39:3

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American Standard Version
My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned: `Then' spake I with my tongue:

Amplified® Bible
My heart was hot within me. While I was musing, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:

Contemporary English Version
I felt a fire burning inside, and the more I thought, the more it burned, until at last I said:

Darby English Version
My heart burned within me; the fire was kindled in my musing: I spoke with my tongue,

Good News Bible
and I was overcome with anxiety. The more I thought, the more troubled I became; I could not keep from asking:

King James Version
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

New American Standard Bible
My heart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; {Then} I spoke with my tongue:

New International Version
My heart grew hot within me,
and as I meditated, the fire burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:

New King James Version
My heart was hot within me;
While I was musing, the fire burned.
Then I spoke with my tongue:

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
My heart felt hot within me, While I mused the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue:

Revised Standard Version
my heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:

Young's Literal Translation
Hot `is' my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.

New English Translation
my anxiety intensified.1 As I thought about it, I became impatient.2 Finally I spoke these words:3


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