PSA 39:3 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX (PSA 38:4) Ἐθερμάνθη ἡ καρδία μου ἐντός μου, καὶ ἐν τῇ μελέτῃ μου ἐκκαυθήσεται πῦρ· ἐλάλησα ἐν γλώσσῃ μου,
(Ethermanthaʸ haʸ kardia mou entos mou, kai en taʸ meletaʸ mou ekkauthaʸsetai pur; elalaʸsa en glōssaʸ mou,)

BrTr (PSA 38:4) My heart grew hot within me, and a fire would kindle in my meditation: I spoke with my tongue,

ULT My heart became hot within me;
⇔ in my sighing, fire burned.
⇔ I spoke with my tongue:

UST I felt very agitated inside me;
⇔ the more I pondered, the more agonized I became.
⇔ Then finally I spoke and said,

BSB & MSB My heart grew hot within me;
⇔ as I mused, the fire burned.
⇔ [Then] I spoke with my tongue:

OEB My heart grew hot within me;
⇔ as I mused, the fire was kindled,
⇔ till at last the words came to my tongue.

WEBBE & WMBB My heart was hot within me.
⇔ While I meditated, the fire burnt.
⇔ I spoke with my tongue:

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

LSV My heart [is] hot within me,
In my meditating the fire burns,
I have spoken with my tongue.

FBV My mind burned as if on fire; I had to say what I was thinking:

T4T I became very anxious/worried [IDM].
⇔ As I thought about my troubles, I became more worried.
⇔ Then finally I said [MTY],

LEB • My heart grew hot inside me;
• in my sighing a fire burned.
• Then I spoke with my tongue,

BBE My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I said with my tongue,

Moff my heart grew hot within me,
⇔ my thoughts kindled,
⇔ and I prayed:

JPS (PSA 39:4) (39-5) 'LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; let me know how short-lived I am.

ASV My heart was hot within me;
⇔ While I was musing the fire burned;
⇔ Then spake I with my tongue:

DRA (PSA 38:4) My heart grew hot within me: and in my meditation a fire shall flame out.

YLT Hot [is] my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.

Drby My heart burned within me; the fire was kindled in my musing: I spoke with my tongue,

RV My heart was hot within me; while I was musing the fire kindled: then spake I with my tongue:

SLT My heart was hot in the midst of me; in my heat the fire will burn: I spake with my tongue.

Wbstr My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then I spoke with my tongue.

KJB-1769 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
(My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burnt: then spake I with my tongue,)

KJB-1611 My heart was hot within mee, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps My heart was hotte within me, and whyle I was thus musyng the fire kyndled: and at the last I spake with my tongue.
(My heart was hot within me, and while I was thus musing the fire kindled: and at the last I spake with my tongue.)

Gnva Mine heart was hote within me, and while I was musing, the fire kindeled, and I spake with my tongue, saying,
(Mine heart was hot within me, and while I was musing, the fire kindled, and I spake with my tongue, saying,)

Cvdl I helde my tonge, I was domme, I kepte sylence, yee eue from good wordes, but it was payne and grefe to me.
(I held my tongue, I was dumb, I kept silence, ye/you_all eve/even from good words, but it was pain and grief to me.)

Wycl (PSA 38:4) Myn herte was hoot with ynne me; and fier schal brenne out in my thenkyng.
(Mine heart was hoot within me; and fire shall burn out in my thinking.)

Luth (PSA 39:4) Mein Herz ist entbrannt in meinem Leibe, und wenn ich dran gedenke, werde ich entzündet; ich rede mit meiner Zunge.
(My heart is flared_up in my body, and if/when I your_turn remember, become I inflamed/sore; I speak with mine tongue.)

ClVg (PSA 38:4) Concaluit cor meum intra me; et in meditatione mea exardescet ignis.[fn]
(Was heart mine inside me; and in/into/on meditation my it_will_burn fire.)

38.4 Concaluit cor meum intra me. AUG. Si damnabitur piger, etc., usque ad fit avarus dispensator.

38.4 Was heart mine inside me. AUG. When/But_if will_be_condemned lazy/reluctant, etc., until to fit greedy dispensator.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

חַם־לִבִּ֨⁠י ׀ בְּ⁠קִרְבִּ֗⁠י

hot (Some words not found in UHB: hot heart_of,my in,my_inner_of,being in,sighing_of,my burnt fire spoke with,tongue_of,my )

David is speaking of his intense emotions as if his heart became hot like something burning with fire. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I burned with anxiety within me]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בַּ⁠הֲגִיגִ֥⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: hot heart_of,my in,my_inner_of,being in,sighing_of,my burnt fire spoke with,tongue_of,my )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of sighing, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the more I was distressed]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

תִבְעַר־אֵ֑שׁ

burnt fire

David is speaking of his emotional turmoil as if fire burned within him. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [my distress intensified]

Note 4 topic: writing-quotations

דִּ֝בַּ֗רְתִּי בִּ⁠לְשֽׁוֹנִ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: hot heart_of,my in,my_inner_of,being in,sighing_of,my burnt fire spoke with,tongue_of,my )

The phrase I spoke with my tongue introduces a direct quotation that begins in the next verse. In your translation, use a natural way of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: [I finally said,]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

דִּ֝בַּ֗רְתִּי בִּ⁠לְשֽׁוֹנִ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: hot heart_of,my in,my_inner_of,being in,sighing_of,my burnt fire spoke with,tongue_of,my )

David is using the term tongue to mean speaking. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I spoke these words]

Parallel PSA 39:3