3<\/strong>. burned<\/em> ] Better, as R.V. from Coverdale and P.B.V., kindled<\/em>. The smouldering fire of passion within could no longer be restrained from bursting into a flame of words. Comp. (though the cause was different) Jer 20:9<\/span>.<\/p>\n My heart was hot within me – <\/B>My mind became more and more excited; my feelings more and more intense. The attempt to suppress my emotions only more and more enkindled them.<\/P> While I was musing the fire burned – <\/B>literally, in my meditation the fire burned. That is, while I was dwelling on the subject; while I was agitating it in my mind; while I thought about it – the flame was enkindled, and my thoughts found utterance. He was unable longer to suppress his feelings, and he gave vent to them in words. Compare Jer 20:9<\/span>; Job 32:18-19<\/span>.<\/P> Then spake I with my tongue – <\/B>That is, in the words which are recorded in this psalm. He gave vent to his pent-up feelings in the language which follows. Even though there was a feeling of murmuring and complaining, he sought relief in stating his real difficulties before God, and in seeking from him direction and support.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 3<\/span>. My heart was hot within me<\/B><\/I>] A natural feeling of repressed grief.<\/P> <\/P> While I was musing<\/B><\/I>] What was at first a simple sensation of heat produced a flame<\/I>; the fire broke out<\/I> that had long been smothered.<\/I> It is a metaphor taken from vegetables, which, being heaped together, begin to heat and ferment, if not scattered and exposed to the air; and will soon produce a flame<\/I>, and consume themselves and every thing within their reach.<\/P> <\/p>\n Musing, <\/B>i.e. considering in my own thoughts the great wickedness and successfulness of mine enemies, and other wicked men; and withal mine own and other good mews integrity, attended with great troubles and miseries in this life. <\/P> The fire burned; <\/B>my thoughts kindled my passions. Then spake I with my tongue<\/I>, to wit, such words as I had purposed not to speak, Psa 39:1<\/span>; rash and impatient words: either, <\/P> 1. Some words not here expressed; which having uttered to men, he turneth his speech to God, Psa 39:4<\/span>. Or, <\/P> 2. Those which here follow. <\/P> <\/p>\n 3.<\/B> His emotions, as a smotheredflame, burst forth.<\/P><\/p>\n My heart was hot within me<\/strong>,…. Either with zeal for God; or rather with envy at the prosperity of wicked men, and with impatience at his own afflictions;<\/p>\n while I was musing the fire burned<\/strong>; 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;<\/p>\n [then] spake I with my tongue<\/strong>; and so broke the resolution he had made,<\/p>\n Ps 39:1<\/span>; 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.<\/p>\n 3. My heart became hot within me He now illustrates the greatness of his grief by the introduction of a simile, telling us that his sorrow, being internally suppressed, became so much the more inflamed, until the ardent passion of his soul continued to increase in strength. From this we may learn the very profitable lesson, that the more strenuously any one sets himself to obey God, and employs all his endeavors to attain the exercise of patience, the more vigorously is he assailed by temptation: for Satan, whilst he is not so troublesome to the indifferent and careless, and seldom looks near them, displays all his forces in hostile array against that individual. If, therefore, at any time we feel ardent emotions struggling and raising a commotion in our breasts, we should call to remembrance this conflict of David, that our courage may not fail us, or at least that our infirmity may not drive us headlong to despair. The dry and hot exhalations which the sun causes to arise in summer, if nothing occurred in the atmosphere to obstruct their progress, would ascend into the air without commotion; but when intervening clouds prevent their free ascent, a conflict arises, from which the thunders are produced. It is similar with respect to the godly who desire to lift up their hearts to God. If they would resign themselves to the vain imaginations which arise in their minds, they might enjoy a sort of unrestrained liberty to indulge in every fancy; but because they endeavor to resist their influence, and seek to devote themselves to God, obstructions which arise from the opposition of the flesh begin to trouble them. Whenever, therefore, the flesh shall put forth its efforts, and shall kindle up a fire in our hearts, let us know that we are exercised with the same kind of temptation which occasioned so much pain and trouble to David. In the end of the verse he acknowledges that the severity of the affliction with which he was visited had at length overcome him, and that he allowed foolish and unadvised words to pass from his lips. In his own person he sets before us a mirror of human infirmity, that, being warned by the danger to which we are exposed, we may learn betimes to seek protection under the shadow of God’s wings. When he says that he spake with his tongue, it is not a superfluous mode of expression, but a true and fuller confession of his sin, in that he had not only given way to sinful murmuring, but had even uttered loud complaints. <\/p>\n (3) The fire burned.<\/strong>The attempt at repression only makes the inward flame of feeling burn the more fiercely, till at last it is too much for the resolution that has been formed, and the passion of the heart breaks out in words. Like the modern poet, the Hebrew bard had felt<\/p>\n Twere better not to breathe or speak But thought is too much for him, and he breaks into speech, not, however, fretfully, still less with bitter invective against others. It is a dialogue with the ruler of destiny, in which frail man wants to face his condition, and know the worst.<\/p>\n 3<\/strong>. <\/strong> While I was musing the fire burned <\/strong> My meditations increased the trouble and perplexity of my heart until the heat of my sorrow impelled me to speak.<\/p>\n We see here the profitableness of silence towards man, for it tended to receive the descendings of grace in leading the mind out in devout meditation towards God. How lovely are the kindlings of the Holy Spirit, and what blessed effects do they induce! Isa 41:1<\/span> .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Psa 39:3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: [then] spake I with my tongue,<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Ver. 3. My heart was hot within me<\/strong> ] It was almost suffocated for want of vent. By heat of heart and fire kindled, saith one, the prophet meaneth, not only the greatness of his grief, as they that are grievously sick feel great force and power of heat; but he meaneth also some motions that he had to impatience and fretting; to which fault they are very much subject that are hot, and given to heat: thus he. This distemper to prevent, God and Nature have placed the heart near unto the lungs, ut cum ira accenditur, pulmonis humore temperetur,<\/em> that, when it is heated with wrath, it may be cooled and qualified by the allay of the lungs. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n While I was musing the fire burned<\/strong> ] This showeth that thoughts and affections are the mutual causes one of another; so that thoughts kindle affections, and these cause thoughts to boil. And hence it is, saith a reverend man (Dr Goodwin), that new converts, having new and strong affections, can with more pleasure think of God than any. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then spake I with my tongue<\/strong> ] But better he had held his tongue, according to his first resolution. The Greeks have a saying, Let a man either keep silence or speak that which is better than silence. Austin paraphraseth thus: When I refrained so from speaking, for fear of speaking evil, that I spake no good, I was troubled at this my silence, lest my sin should be counted greater for this silence than my virtue in refraining from speaking evil.<\/p>\n Psa 39:3<\/p>\n Psa 39:3<\/p>\n “My heart was hot within me;<\/p>\n While I was musing the fire burned;<\/p>\n Then spake I with my tongue.”<\/p>\n “The fire burned” (Psa 39:3). In our view, this is the same situation that once confronted Jeremiah, who wrote: “If I say I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart a burning fire shut up in my bones; and I am weary with forbearing, and cannot contain” (Jer 20:9). There was no rebuke upon Jeremiah for this failure to keep silence; and we feel sure that none was due David for his failure to keep it here.<\/p>\n Silence is not the final answer to man’s problems, however distressing they may be.<\/p>\n “The internal pressure upon David became too great; and finally he spoke.<\/p>\n E.M. Zerr:<\/p>\n Psa 39:3. There is a limit to human endurance. The proper control of the tongue does not require that a person should never speak out against a wrong. The fire burned refers to the heat in his heart while he was thinking over the injustices heaped upon him by his enemies. The fire at last broke out in the form of speech by his tongue. But it was not in rashness nor undue haste, for he mused over the situation a while first. This is like the teaching in the New Testament (Jas 1:19), “let every man be . . . slow to speak, slow to wrath.” <\/p>\n Jer 20:9, Eze 3:14, Luk 24:32 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 1Ki 3:26 – yearned Job 3:1 – opened Job 7:11 – I will not Job 20:2 – my thoughts Job 32:18 – the spirit Job 40:9 – canst<\/p>\n Psa 39:3. My heart was hot within me Though I said nothing, I could not but have many affecting thoughts: and the fire of divine charity, thus prevented from diffusing itself for the illumination and warmth of those around it, presently ascended, in a flame of devotion, toward heaven. While I was musing While this fire continued to be fed, and preserved in brightness and vigour, by meditation on the goodness of God, and the ingratitude of man; the transient miseries of time, and the durable glories of eternity; the fire burned My thoughts kindled into passions, which could no longer be confined. Then spake I with my tongue The ardour of my soul broke forth into such expressions as these that follow. It is remarkable, says Dr. Dodd, in the poetical parts of Scripture, that the whole energy and beauty of the passages are frequently spoiled by the addition of connective particles, which are not in the Hebrew. There is a remarkable instance in this verse, which, in the original, is very expressive, My heart grew hot within me while I was musing, the fire flamed out: I spake with my tongue.<\/p>\n 39:3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: [then] {d} spake I with my tongue,<\/p>\n (d) He confesses that he grudged against God, considering the greatness of his sorrows, and the shortness of his life.<\/p>\n My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: [then] spoke I with my tongue, 3. burned ] Better, as R.V. from Coverdale and P.B.V., kindled. The smouldering fire of passion within could no longer be restrained from bursting into a flame of words. Comp. (though the cause was different) Jer … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 39:3”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Than cry for strength, remaining weak,
And seem to find, but still to seek.<\/p>\nFuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"