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My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:
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Suppressed Feelings Intensify
Multiple commentators, including Barnes and Spurgeon, highlight that David's attempt to suppress his feelings only made them more intense. His inner turmoil is described as a fire that burned hotter because it was contained. This serves as a powerful reminder that bottling up profound grief or frustration is spiritually and emotionally dangerous; a healthy outlet, especially turning to God, is essential.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
My heart was hot within me – My mind became more and more excited; my feelings more and more intense. The attempt to suppress my em…
19th Century
Anglican
The fire burned.—The attempt at repression only makes the inward flame of feeling burn the more fiercely, until at last it is too …
Baptist
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned:
There was an inward friction; his griefs kept revolving until his h…
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16th Century
Protestant
My heart became hot within me. He now illustrates the greatness of his grief by introducing a simile, telling us that his sorrow, being in…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
My heart was hot within me Either with zeal for God; or rather with envy at the prosperity of wicked men, and with i…
If an evil thought should arise in the mind, suppress it. Watchfulness as a habit is the bridle upon the head; watchfulness in actions is the hand …
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13th Century
Catholic
The psalmist confessed that he suffered affliction for his sin; now here he promises caution in the future.
The title is for th…