King James Version

Psalms 39:3

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 39:4.

חַםchambe hotחָמַםverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be hot”, a completed actionH2552to be hot (literally or figuratively)enflame self, get (have) heat, be (wax) hot, (be, wax) warm (self, at).לִבִּ֨יlibicomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…בְּקִרְבִּ֗יbeqirbiin bowelsקֶרֶבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in bowels”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7130properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)[idiom] among, [idiom] before, bowels, [idiom] unto charge, [phrase] eat (up), [idiom] heart, [idiom] him, [idiom] in, inward ([idiom] -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, [phrase] out of, purtenance, [idiom] therein, [idiom] through, [idiom] w…בַּהֲגִיגִ֥יbahagigiin meditationהָגִיגpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in meditation”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1901properly, a murmur, i.e. complaintmeditation, musing.תִבְעַרtivarbe brutishבָּעַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be brutish”, an unfinished actionH1197to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutishbe brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste.אֵ֑שׁeshfireאֵשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “fire”, the ordinary formH784fire (literally or figuratively)burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.דִּ֝בַּ֗רְתִּיdibartispeakדָבַרverb, piel, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “speak”, a completed actionH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.בִּלְשֽׁוֹנִיbilshoniin tongueלָשׁוֹןpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in tongue”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)[phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(39-4) My heart waxed hot within me; while I was musing, the fire kindled; then spoke I with my tongue:

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned. I spoke with my tongue:

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(39-4) My heart waxed hot within me; while I was musing, the fire kindled; then spoke I with my tongue:

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

My heart grew hot within me, and a fire would kindle in my meditation: I spoke with my tongue,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐθερμάνθη ἡ καρδία μου ἐντός μου, καὶ ἐν τῇ μελέτῃ μου ἐκκαυθήσεται πῦρ· ἐλάλησα ἐν γλώσσῃ μου,