Text -- Psalms 39:3 (NET)

39:3 my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words:

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 39:3

¹ tn Heb “my heart was hot within me.”

² tn Heb “In my reflection fire burned.” The prefixed verbal form is either a preterite (past tense) or an imperfect being used in a past progressive or customary sense (“fire was burning”).

³ tn Heb “I spoke with my tongue.” The phrase “these words” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.