Psalms 39:3

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my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words:

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 20:9 : 9 Sometimes I think,“I will make no mention of his message. I will not speak as his messenger any more.” But then his message becomes like a fire locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. I grow weary of trying to hold it in; I cannot contain it.
  • Luke 24:32 : 32 They said to each other,“Didn’t our hearts burn within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?”
  • Ezek 3:14 : 14 A wind lifted me up and carried me away. I went bitterly, my spirit full of fury, and the hand of the LORD rested powerfully on me.

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  • Ps 39:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1 For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. I decided,“I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man.”

    2 I was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew;

  • 9 Sometimes I think,“I will make no mention of his message. I will not speak as his messenger any more.” But then his message becomes like a fire locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. I grow weary of trying to hold it in; I cannot contain it.

  • 3 I will declare a wise saying; I will share my profound thoughts.

  • 21 Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.

  • 1 For the music director; according to the tune of“Lilies;” by the Korahites, a well-written poem, a love song. My heart is stirred by a beautiful song. I say,“I have composed this special song for the king; my tongue is as skilled as the stylus of an experienced scribe.”

  • 3 When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.

  • 1 At this also my heart pounds and leaps from its place.

  • Job 33:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2 See now, I have opened my mouth; my tongue in my mouth has spoken.

    3 My words come from the uprightness of my heart, and my lips will utter knowledge sincerely.

  • Ps 102:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3 For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.

    4 My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food.

  • 27 so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,

  • 4 My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

  • 6 I said,“During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully.” I tried to make sense of what was happening.

  • 3 You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.

  • 16 When I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling to me.

  • 8 I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.

  • 2 The LORD’s Spirit spoke through me; his word was on my tongue.

  • Ps 39:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9 I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done.

    10 Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!

  • 9 Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.

  • 131 I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commands.

  • 21 Its breath sets coals ablaze and a flame shoots from its mouth.

  • 13 מ(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.

  • 15 What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

  • 14 which my lips uttered and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.

  • 17 I cried out to him for help and praised him with my tongue.

  • 2 “This is why my troubled thoughts bring me back– because of my feelings within me.

  • 19 Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.

  • 20 I will speak, so that I may find relief; I will open my lips, so that I may answer.

  • 14 Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,

  • 16 my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

  • 27 My heart is in turmoil unceasingly; the days of my affliction confront me.

  • 8 Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.

  • Ps 22:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14 My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

    15 The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

  • 3 I said,“I will remember God while I groan; I will think about him while my strength leaves me.”(Selah)

  • 18 Then I said,“There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!

  • 11 Job Remonstrates with God“Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • 10 I had faith when I said,“I am severely oppressed.”

  • 19 When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy.

  • 23 Examine me, O God, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!

  • 40 I was consumed by scorching heat during the day and by piercing cold at night, and I went without sleep.

  • 4 “O LORD, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!

  • 13 With my lips I proclaim all the regulations you have revealed.

  • 1 A psalm of David, written to get God’s attention. O LORD, do not continue to rebuke me in your anger! Do not continue to punish me in your raging fury!

  • 2 But as for me, my feet almost slipped; my feet almost slid out from under me.

  • 3 O LORD, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!

  • 20 ר(Resh) Look, O LORD! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present.