--- title: "Psalms 39 - Study King James Bible with pooles english annotations on the holy bible" description: "Read Psalms 39 with pooles english annotations on the holy bible commentary. 1 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. 2 I was dumb with" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/pooles-english-annotations-on-the-holy-bible/psalms/39" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/39)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/39)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/39) Audio 1 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.* 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, *even* from good; and my sorrow was stirred.* 3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: *then* spake I with my tongue, 4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it *is; that* I may know how frail I *am*.* 5 Behold, thou hast made my days *as* an handbreadth; and mine age *is* as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state *is* altogether vanity. Selah.* 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up *riches*, and knoweth not who shall gather them.* 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope *is* in thee. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst *it*. 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.* 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man *is* vanity. Selah.* 12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I *am* a stranger with thee, *and* a sojourner, as all my fathers *were*. 13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. [Psalms 38](/study/psalms/38) [Psalms 40](/study/psalms/40) ## Commentary To verse 1 **Jeduthun;**one of the three chief masters of the sacred music; of whom see [1 Chronicles 16:41](/kjv/1-chronicles/16/41),[1 Chronicles 16:42](/kjv/1-chronicles/16/42); [2 Chronicles 5:12](/kjv/2-chronicles/5/12). **I said;**I fully resolved. *To my ways*, i.e. to order all my actions aright, and particularly to govern my tongue, which is very hard to do, and especially under these provocations. **That I sin not with my tongue;**that if any evil thoughts or passions do arise in me, I will endeavour to suppress and mortify them, and not suffer them to boil and break forth into sinful and scandalous reflections upon God and his providence, as they usually do upon such occasions. **As with a bridle,**i. e. with all possible care and diligence. The phrase implies the great difficulty of ruling the tongue. **Before me;**either, 1. In my presence. Or rather, 2. 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