To Jeduthun. With most popular verse and related links. Psalm 39 - [[To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.]] 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. This psalm arises out of some unspecified problem in David’s life (39:10). Psalms chapter 39 1611 KJV (King James Version) 1 To the chiefe Musician, euen to Ieduthun, A Psalme of Dauid. Selah. 2:18-23; Luke 12:16-20). Apparently he had some illness, which he relates to God’s hand of discipline (39:11). 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. Psalms chapter 39 KJV (King James Version) This verse hit me the most, O spare me, that I may recover strenght, before I go hence and be no more. 1 {To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.} Psalms 39:7 Context. 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. 1 (To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.) So, David is writing this psalm for the chief musician – in this case, this man named Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 139 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. The Holy Bible: King James Version. That’s what we gather from the superscription. 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. This psalm is titled To the Chief Musician. Bible > KJV > Psalm 39 Psalm 39 King James Bible: Par I Will Watch My Ways. The Chief Musician is thought by some to be the Lord GOD Himself, and others suppose him to be a leader of choirs or musicians in David’s time, such as Heman the singer or Asaph (1 Chronicles 6:33, 16:5-7, and 25:6). 2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. KJV Psalm 39:1 Jeduthun was the name of a Levite whom David appointed to lead one of the Temple choirs. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. “Surely every man walketh in a vain show”: On the futility and irony of this phenomenon (compare Job 27:16), in context (Eccl. The Psalms, chapter 39, King James Version (KJV), Strong's Concordance, 14 verses. I sayd, I will take heede to my waies, that I sinne not with my tongue: I will keepe my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. 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