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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 39 To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, a Psalm of David. Some take Jeduthun to be the name of a musical instrument, as Jarchi, on which, and others the first word of a song, to the tune of which, this psalm was sung, as Aben Ezra; though it seems best, with Kimchi and others, to understand it as the name of the chief musician, to whom this psalm was sent to be made...
John Gill
My heart was hot within me,.... Either with zeal for God; or rather with envy at the prosperity of wicked men, and with impatience at his own afflictions; while I was musing the fire burned; 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...
Matthew Henry
David seems to have been in a great strait when he penned this psalm, and, upon some account or other, very uneasy; for it is with some difficulty that he conquers his passion, and composes his spirit himself to take that good counsel which he had given to others (xxxvii.) to rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him, without fretting; for it is easier to give the good advice than to give the...
Charles H. Spurgeon
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: There was an inward friction, his griefs kept revolving till his heart grew hot; this heat generated fire, which burned so vehemently that, at last, the psalmist could not help himself, and he was obliged to speak. Psa_39:3. Then spake I with my tongue, Whether rightly or wrongly, he must say something, he could not hold himself in...
Charles H. Spurgeon
My heart was hot within me, The fire was kept in his heart; it was not allowed space to break forth, so his heart was hot as an oven. Psa_39:3. While I was musing the fire burned: He grew so hot with grief, that he was compelled to speak. Psa_39:3. Then spake I with my tongue, I am not sure that he did not sin then. We sin if we are silent, and we sin if we speak, for we are such sinful...
Charles H. Spurgeon
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:...
Charles H. Spurgeon
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, He could not hold his peace any longer; it would have been well if he had done so, for he uttered an unwise prayer when be spake with his tongue.