psalms 39:1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. - Free Bible Online

psalms 39:1 [For the choir director, for Jeduthun]. A Psalm of David. I Said, "I will guard my ways, That I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle, While the wicked are in my presence."


      Ps 39:1-13. To Jeduthun (1Ch 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.

      1. I said--or, "resolved."
      will take heed--watch.
      ways--conduct, of which the use of the tongue is a part (Jas 1:26).
      bridle--literally, "muzzle for my mouth" (compare De 25:4).
      while . . . before me--in beholding their prosperity (Ps 37:10, 36).

JFB.


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