Psalm 39:1
I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
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.
Note my mouth…: Heb. a bridle, or, muzzle for my mouth
I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- (Title.) Jeduthun
- A.M. 2970. B.C. 1034. Jeduthun, probably the same as Ethan, 1 Ch 6:44, was one of the sons of Merari, and is supposed to have been one the four masters of music, or leaders of bands, belonging to the temple service. It is therefore probable that David, having composed this Psalm, gave it to Jeduthun and his company to sing; and it is very likely, that it was written on the same occasion as the preceding.
- Psalm 62:1; Psalm 77:1; 1 Chronicles 16:41; 1 Chronicles 25:1–6
- I said
- Psalm 119:9; 1 Kings 2:4; 2 Kings 10:31; Proverbs 4:26, 27; Hebrews 2:1
- that I.
- Psalm 12:4; Psalm 73:8, 9; Psalm 141:3; Proverbs 18:21; Proverbs 21:23
- my mouth, etc. Heb. a bridle, or muzzle, for my mouth
- James 1:26; James 3:2–8
- while
- Amos 5:13; Micah 7:5, 6; Colossians 4:5