Study it in the app“For the director. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David. I said, “I will keep my ways from sinning with my tongue; I will keep my mouth with a muzzle while the wicked is before me.””
David resolves to muzzle his mouth while the wicked are nearThe Tongue
For the director.לַמְנַצֵּחַFor Jeduthun.לִידוּתוּןA psalmמִזְמוֹרof David.לְדָוִדI said,אָמַרְתִּי“I will keepאֶשְׁמְרָהmy waysדְרָכַיfrom sinningמֵחֲטוֹאwith my tongue;בִלְשׁוֹנִיI will keepאֶשְׁמְרָהmy mouthלְפִיwith a muzzleמַחְסוֹםwhileבְּעֹדthe wicked isרָשָׁעbefore me.”לְנֶגְדִּי
direct
To take charge of directing a work or the singing and music of the psalms.
Where else “menatseach” appearsJeduthun
Jeduthun: a Levite, one of the three in charge of the singing in David's time, with Asaph and Heman.
Where else “ydutun” appearspsalm
Psalm: a song sung with instruments. It is the title of many of the poems in the book of Psalms.
Where else “mizmor” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appearstake care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “eshmra” appearsmanner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “deracha” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chato” appearstongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshoni” appearsmouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appearsmuzzle
Muzzle: what is put on the mouth to keep it from opening.
Where else “machsom” appearswicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appearsin front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “negdi” appearsThe first three phrases are the title. Jeduthun was one of the leaders of the temple music in David’s time (1 Chronicles 16:41-42).
1 · This verse (above)
2I became mute in silence; I kept quiet even from good, and my pain was stirred up.
