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Psalms 49:3
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My mouth speaks wisdom;my heart’s meditation brings understanding.
My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
What I say is wise, and my heart speaks with understanding.
I will declare a wise saying; I will share my profound thoughts.
My mouth will speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart will be understanding.
My mouth will speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart will be understanding.
My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.
My mouth shal speake of wisdome, and the meditation of mine heart is of knowledge.
My mouth will speak wisdom,And the meditation of my heart will be discernment.
My mouth will impart wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.
regardless of whether low or high, regardless of whether rich or poor!
My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding:
I have some very wise words for you. My thoughts will give you understanding.
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
My thoughts will be clear; I will speak words of wisdom.
My mouth will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will be understanding.
My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the thoughts of my heart shall be of understanding.
My mouth shal speake of wy?dome, and my hert shal muse of vnderstondinge.
My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
From my mouth will come words of wisdom; and in the thoughts of my heart will be knowledge.
Both low and high, rich and poor together.
My mouth shall speake of wisedome: and the meditation of my heart shalbe of vnderstanding.
My mouth shall vtter wisdome: the cogitations of myne heart [wyll bryng foorth] knowledge.
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall bring forth understanding.
My mouth shall speak wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Mi mouth schal speke wisdom; and the thenkyng of myn herte schal speke prudence.
My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart [shall be] of understanding.
My mouth shall speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart shall give understanding.
For my words are wise, and my thoughts are filled with insight.
My mouth will speak wisdom. And the thoughts of my heart will be understanding.
My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
My mouth, shall speak forth Wisdom, And the soft utterance of my heart be Understanding:
(48-4) My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.
My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding.
I set plainspoken wisdom before you, my heart-seasoned understandings of life. I fine-tuned my ear to the sayings of the wise, I solve life's riddle with the help of a harp.
My mouth will speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart will be understanding.
Contextual Overview
(A psalm for the people of Korah and for the music leader.)
Everyone on this earth, now listen to what I say! 2 Listen, no matter who you are, rich or poor. 3 I speak words of wisdom, and my thoughts make sense. 4 I have in mind a mystery that I will explain while playing my harp. 5 Why should I be afraid in times of trouble, when I am surrounded by vicious enemies?Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
mouth: Deuteronomy 32:2, Job 33:3, Job 33:33, Proverbs 4:1, Proverbs 4:2, Proverbs 8:6-11, Proverbs 22:17, Proverbs 22:20, Proverbs 22:21, 2 Timothy 3:15-17
meditation: Psalms 19:14, Psalms 45:1, Psalms 104:34, Matthew 12:35
Reciprocal: Job 20:3 - the spirit Job 28:21 - hid Job 36:4 - in 1 Corinthians 14:2 - howbeit 1 Timothy 4:15 - Meditate
Cross-References
Leah gave birth to a son and named him Reuben, because she said, "The Lord has taken away my sorrow. Now my husband will love me more than he does Rachel."
When Jacob went to Egypt, his children who were born in northern Syria also went along with their families. Jacob and his wife Leah had a total of thirty-three children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, but two of their grandchildren had died in Canaan. Their oldest son Reuben took his sons Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. Their son Simeon took his sons Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, whose mother was a Canaanite. Their son Levi took his sons Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Their son Judah took his sons Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. Judah's sons Er and Onan had died in Canaan. Judah's son Perez took his sons Hezron and Hamul. Their son Issachar took his sons Tola, Puvah, Jashub, and Shimron. Their son Zebulun took his sons Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. Their daughter Dinah also went.
Joseph said, "Father, you have made a mistake. This is the older boy. Put your right hand on him."
The number of men from each tribe who were at least twenty years old and strong enough to fight in Israel's army was as follows: 46,500 from Reuben, the oldest son of Jacob, 59,300 from Simeon, 45,650 from Gad, 74,600 from Judah, 54,400 from Issachar, 57,400 from Zebulun, 40,500 from Ephraim, 32,200 from Manasseh, 35,400 from Benjamin, 62,700 from Dan, 41,500 from Asher, 53,400 from Naphtali. The total number of men registered by Moses, Aaron, and the twelve leaders was 603,550.
There were 43,730 men from the tribe of Reuben, the oldest son of Jacob. These men were from the clans of Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Jacob was the father of twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Reuben was the oldest son of Jacob, but he lost his rights as the first-born son because he slept with one of his father's wives. The honor of the first-born son was then given to Joseph, even though it was the Judah tribe that became the most powerful and produced a leader. Reuben had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. The descendants of Joel included Shemaiah, Gog, Shimei, Micah, Reaiah, Baal, and Beerah, a leader of the Reuben tribe. Later, King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria took Beerah away as prisoner. The family records also include Jeiel, who was a clan leader, Zechariah, and Bela son of Azaz and grandson of Shema of the Joel clan. They lived in the territory around the town of Aroer, as far north as Nebo and Baal-Meon, and as far east as the desert just west of the Euphrates River. They needed this much land because they owned too many cattle to keep them all in Gilead. When Saul was king, the Reuben tribe attacked and defeated the Hagrites, then took over their land east of Gilead. The tribe of Gad lived in the region of Bashan, north of the Reuben tribe. Gad's territory extended all the way to the town of Salecah. Some of the clan leaders were Joel, Shapham, Janai, and Shaphat. Their relatives included Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber. They were all descendants of Abihail, whose family line went back through Huri, Jaroah, Gilead, Michael, Jeshishai, Jahdo, and Buz. Ahi, the son of Abdiel and the grandson of Guni, was the leader of their clan. The people of Gad lived in the towns in the regions of Bashan and Gilead, as well as in the pastureland of Sharon. Their family records were written when Jotham was king of Judah and Jeroboam was king of Israel. The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh had 44,760 soldiers trained to fight in battle with shields, swords, bows, and arrows. They fought against the Hagrites and the tribes of Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. Whenever these soldiers went to war against their enemies, they prayed to God and trusted him to help. That's why the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh defeated the Hagrites and their allies. These Israelite tribes captured fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep, two thousand donkeys, and one hundred thousand people. Many of the Hagrites died in battle, because God was fighting this battle against them. The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh lived in that territory until they were taken as prisoners to Assyria. East Manasseh was a large tribe, so its people settled in the northern region of Bashan, as far north as Baal-Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel were their clan leaders; they were well-known leaders and brave soldiers. The people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh were unfaithful to the God their ancestors had worshiped, and they started worshiping the gods of the nations that God had forced out of Canaan. So God sent King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria to attack these Israelite tribes. The king led them away as prisoners to Assyria, and from then on, he forced them to live in Halah, Habor, Hara, and near the Gozan River.
Reuben had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
He killed the first-born son of each Egyptian family.
Then God took the life of every first-born son.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My mouth shall speak of wisdom,.... Or "wisdoms" m; of Christ, who is so called, Proverbs 1:20. He being as a divine Person the wisdom of God, and the only wise God; and having all the treasures of wisdom in him, as man and Mediator: of him the prophet spake, and of him the apostles and all Gospel ministers speak; of the glories of his Person, of the fulness of his grace, and of his wonderful works; especially of that of redemption and salvation by him, in which there is an abounding of wisdom and prudence. Or the Gospel may be meant, and all the truths of it, in which there is a glorious display of divine wisdom; it is the wisdom of God in a mystery; hidden and ancient wisdom; and which, when truly understood, makes a man wise unto salvation; see 1 Corinthians 2:6;
and the meditation of my heart [shall be] of understanding; or "understandings" n; and this is in order to the former; what the heart meditates the mouth speaks. If the heart meditates on understanding, the mouth will speak of wisdom; and a man should think before he speaks, especially the ministers of the Gospel: they ought to meditate on the word of God, the Gospel, and the truths of it, that their profiling may appear to all; that they may understand divine things themselves, and deliver them out to the understanding of others: their concern should be, that through meditation they may have a good treasure of wisdom and knowledge in their hearts, that out of it they may bring forth things pleasant and profitable unto others.
m חכמות "sapientias", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis. n תבונות "intelligentias", Pagninus, Montanus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
My mouth shall speak of wisdom - That is, I will utter sentiments that are wise, or that are of importance to all; sentiments that will enable all to take a just view of the subject on which I speak. This indicates “confidence” in what he was about to utter, as being eminently deserving of attention.
And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding - What I reflect on, and what I give utterance to, in the matter under consideration. The idea is, that he had meditated on the subject, as to what was real wisdom in the matter, and that he would now give utterance to the result of his meditations. It was not wisdom in general, or intelligence or understanding as such on which he designed to express the results of his thoughts, but it was only in respect to the proper value to be attached to wealth, and as to the fact of its causing fear Psalms 49:5 in those who were not possessed of it, and who might be subjected to the oppressive acts of those who were rich.
