Psalm 39:1-3

What Is the Measure of My Days?

To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

1
I said, "I will w guard my ways,
that I x may not sin with my tongue;
I will y guard my mouth with a muzzle,
so long as the wicked are in my presence."
 2 I was z mute and silent;
I held my peace to no avail,
and my distress grew worse.
 3 My a heart became hot within me.
As I mused, the fire burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 62:1
    For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
    Psalms 77:1
    I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and he will hear me.
    1 Chronicles 16:41
    With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the rest of those chosen and expressly named to give thanks to the Lord, for his steadfast love endures forever.
    1 Chronicles 25:1
    David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who prophesied with lyres, with harps, and with cymbals. The list of those who did the work and of their duties was:
  2. Cross References
    1 Kings 2:4
    That the Lord may establish his word that he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.
    2 Kings 10:31
    But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the Lord, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam, which he made Israel to sin.
  3. Cross References
    Job 2:10
    But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 34:13
    Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 39:9
    I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.
    Job 40:4 - 5
    Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
    Psalms 38:13
    But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear, like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 20:9
    If I say, "I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name," there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.
    Luke 24:32
    They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?
    Job 32:18 - 19
    For I am full of words; the spirit within me constrains me.
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