Psa 39:3 | NET2full | STEP | my anxiety intensified . As I thought about it, I became impatient . Finally I spoke these words:

Psalms 39:3

3 my anxiety intensified. ^{▼▼tn Heb “my heart was hot within me.”}
As I thought about it, I became impatient. ^{▼▼tn Heb “In my reflection fire burned.” The prefixed verbal form is either a preterite (past tense) or an imperfect being used in a past progressive or customary sense (“fire was burning”).}
Finally I spoke these words: ^{▼▼tn Heb “I spoke with my tongue.” The phrase “these words” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.}