Psalms
Chapter 39
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Psalms 39

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1 I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Psalms 39:1. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 4
Word Entries 25
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ לידיתון מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

5 word entries
לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ
Lemma
l/5329
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + verb piel participle active
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5329
Occurrences
61
לידיתון
Lemma
l/3038
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H3038
Occurrences
4
לִֽידוּת֗וּן
Lemma
l/3038
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H3038
Occurrences
4
מִזְמ֥וֹר
Lemma
4210
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4210
Occurrences
57
לְדָוִֽד
Lemma
l/1732
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun proper
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1732
Occurrences
158
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Εἰς τὸ τέλος, τῷ Δαυὶδ ψαλμός.

6 word entries
Εἰς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
εἰς
Transliteration
eis
Morphology
preposition with accusative
Gloss
into, to, for
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the accusative.
Occurrences
6787
τὸ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
τέλος
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
telos
Morphology
noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
Gloss
end, completion
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
End, goal, completion, or outcome.
Occurrences
139
τῷ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
Δαυὶδ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
David
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
David
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
David.
Occurrences
1047
ψαλμός
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
psalmos
Morphology
nominative masculine singular or genitive neuter singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
65
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

לְשַׁבָּחָא עַל מַטְרַת בֵּית מַקְדְשָׁא עַל פֻּמֵיהּ דִידוּתוּן תֻּשְׁבַּחְתָּא לְדָוִד׃

10 word entries
לְשַׁבָּחָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lshbch'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
94
עַל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
על
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
on, upon, against, concerning
Occurrences
3568
מַטְרַת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
טרת
Transliteration
mtrt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
30
בֵּית
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
בית
Transliteration
byt
Morphology
noun construct/absolute
Gloss
house, household
Occurrences
2611
מַקְדְשָׁא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mqdsh'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
420
עַל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
על
Transliteration
'l
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
on, upon, against, concerning
Occurrences
3568
פֻּמֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
pmyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
דִידוּתוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dydwtwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
16
תֻּשְׁבַּחְתָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tshbcht'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
11
לְדָוִד׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דוד
Transliteration
ldwd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1106
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

In finem. Psalmus ipsi David.

4 word entries
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
finem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
finis
Transliteration
finem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
331
David
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
Dauid
Transliteration
David
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
1095
psalmus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
psalmus
Transliteration
psalmus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
92
Source availability notes

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  • Syriac Peshitta source structure

    The imported Syriac/Peshitta Psalms source does not expose this Psalm title or postscript as a separate one-to-one verse panel.

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Proverbs 21:23

Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

38 relevance votes

Psalms 141:3

Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

29 relevance votes

James 1:26

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

24 relevance votes

Psalms 119:9

How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

20 relevance votes

Psalms 34:13

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

19 relevance votes

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

15 relevance votes

Hebrews 2:1

Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.

14 relevance votes

1 Kings 2:4

Then Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your children are careful of their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you,’ he said, ‘a man on the throne of Israel.’

13 relevance votes

Colossians 4:5

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

12 relevance votes

Psalms 12:4

who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”

12 relevance votes

Psalms 62:1

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

10 relevance votes

Job 2:10

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.

10 relevance votes
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