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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.
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.
I speak words of wisdom, and my thoughts make sense.
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
For the music director, a psalm by the Korahites.
Listen to this, all you nations! Pay attention, all you inhabitants of the world! 2 Pay attention, all you people, both rich and poor! 3 I will declare a wise saying; I will share my profound thoughts. 4 I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp. 5 Why should I be afraid in times of trouble, when the sinful deeds of deceptive men threaten to overwhelm me?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
So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, "The Lord has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now."
These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt—Jacob and his sons: Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob.
Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head."
And they were as follows: The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name individually.
Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The Reubenites: from Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the family of the Palluites;
Rather, he must acknowledge the son of the less loved wife as firstborn and give him the double portion of all he has, for that son is the beginning of his father's procreative power—to him should go the right of the firstborn.
These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar and Zebulun;
The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn— (Now he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father's bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph, Israel's son. So Reuben is not listed as firstborn in the genealogical records.
The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham.
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.
