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Psalms 39:1 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 39:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 39:15 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֥חַlamənaṣēḥa
to the choirmasterpronH5329
chief musician · oversee · set forward
ל/ידיתוןlydytwn
JeduthunpronH3038
לִֽ/ידוּת֗וּןliydwtwn
JeduthunpronH3038
מִזְמ֥וֹרmizəmwōr
a psalmnounH4210
לְ/דָוִֽדlədāwid
of DavidpronH1732
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 39:1

1. The title of this Psalm, which we have just chanted and proposed to discuss, is, “On the end, for Idithun, a Psalm for David himself.” Here then we must look for, and must attend to, the words of a certain person who is called Idithun; and if each one of ourselves may be Idithun, in that which he sings he recognises himself, and hears himself speak. For you may see who was called Idithun, according to the ancient descent of man; let us, however, understand what this name…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 39 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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