Psalms 39:3. My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: -
While he was musing, his heart was fusing, and there was much that was most confusing to him. He saw the prosperity of the wicked, and the oppression of the righteous. He heard the reproaches of the ungodly, and he felt the stings of affliction and trial in his own soul. So, as he did not speak, his heart grew hot within him: "While I was musing the fire burned: -
Psalms 39:3. Then spake I with my tongue,
We say, "Murder will out," and so will misery. David’s heart had become like a volcano, and the fire burned so furiously within that he was obliged to let the burning lava flow forth, and so give his soul vent. There is no speech like that which comes from a hot heart. That shot from the tongue which has been made red-hot in the heart is sure to tell upon the adversary. "Then spake I with my tongue;" and what he said was not unwise. There was nothing of boasting or excitement in it; it was a very wise, plain, earnest prayer.
Psalms 39:3. My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: -
While he was musing, his heart was fusing, and there was much that was most confusing to him. He saw the prosperity of the wicked, and the oppression of the righteous. He heard the reproaches of the ungodly, and he felt the stings of affliction and trial in his own soul. So, as he did not speak, his heart grew hot within him: "While I was musing the fire burned: -
Psalms 39:3. Then spake I with my tongue,
We say, "Murder will out," and so will misery. David’s heart had become like a volcano, and the fire burned so furiously within that he was obliged to let the burning lava flow forth, and so give his soul vent. There is no speech like that which comes from a hot heart. That shot from the tongue which has been made red-hot in the heart is sure to tell upon the adversary. "Then spake I with my tongue;" and what he said was not unwise. There was nothing of boasting or excitement in it; it was a very wise, plain, earnest prayer.