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Psalm 49

Psa. 49:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
shall speak
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
of wisdom
chokmowth (Hebrew #2454)
collateral forms of 2451; wisdom
KJV usage: wisdom, every wise (woman).
Pronounce: khok-moth'
Origin: or chakmowth {khak-moth'}
; and the meditation
haguwth (Hebrew #1900)
musing
KJV usage: meditation.
Pronounce: haw-gooth'
Origin: from 1897
of my heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
shall be of understanding
tabuwn (Hebrew #8394)
or towbunah {to-boo-naw'}; from 995; intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
KJV usage: discretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding, wisdom.
Pronounce: taw-boon'
Origin: and (feminine) tbuwnah {teb-oo-naw'}
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Ministry on This Verse

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Deut. 32:2• 2{i}My doctrine shall drop as rain,{HR}My speech flow down as dew,{HR}As small rain upon the tender herb,{HR}And as showers on the grass.{HR}{/i} (Deut. 32:2)
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Job 33:3,33• 3My words [shall be] the uprightness of my heart,{HR}And my knowledge shall my lips utter purely.
 33If not, hearken thou unto me;{HR}Keep silence, and I will teach thee wisdom. (Job 33:3,33)
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Prov. 4:1‑2• 1Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father,{HR}And attend to know understanding;
 2For I give you good doctrine:{HR}Forsake ye not my law. (Prov. 4:1‑2)
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Prov. 8:6‑11• 6Hear, for I will speak excellent things,{HR}And the opening of my lips [shall be] right things.
 7For my palate shall meditate truth,{HR}And wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.
 8All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness;{HR}[There is] nothing crooked or perverse in them.
 9They [are] all plain to him that understandeth,{HR}And right to them that find knowledge.
 10Receive my instruction, and not silver,{HR}And knowledge rather than choice gold;
 11For wisdom [is] better than rubies,{HR}And all the things that may be desired are not comparable to her. (Prov. 8:6‑11)
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Prov. 22:17,20‑21• 17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,{HR}And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
 20Have not I written to thee excellent things{HR}In counsels and knowledge,
 21That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth;{HR}That thou mightest report words of truth to them that send thee? (Prov. 22:17,20‑21)
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2 Tim. 3:15‑17• 15and that from a babe thou knowest the sacred writings that are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith that is in Christ Jesus.
 16Every scripture [is] God-inspired, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction that is in righteousness;
 17that the man of God may be complete, furnished thoroughly unto every good work. (2 Tim. 3:15‑17)
meditation.
Psa. 19:14• 14Let the words of my mouth{HR}And the meditation of my heart be acceptable before thee,{HR}O Jehovah, my rock and my redeemer. (Psa. 19:14)
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Psa. 45:1• 1To the chief musician upon Shoshannim; to the sons of Korah, Maschil, a song of loves.{HR}My heart hath overflowed [with] a good matter;{HR}I am declaring my works to the king;{HR}My tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer. (Psa. 45:1)
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Psa. 104:34• 34My meditation on him will be sweet;{HR}I will rejoice in Jehovah. (Psa. 104:34)
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Matt. 12:35• 35{i}The good man out of the good treasure brings forth good things; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure brings forth wicked things.{/i} (Matt. 12:35)
• The psalmist speaks as one who has listened to the voice of God, and is thus able to expound the riddle of life, with all the certainty of inspiration. (“Psalm 49” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My mouth shall speak wisdomd, and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding:

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "wisdoms."

W. Kelly Translation

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My mouth speaketh wisdom,{HR}And the meditation of my heart [is] understanding.