page_title: Psalm 39
hierarchical_section_title: Psalm 39
caption_attribution_description: The Hague, KB&#160;: ms. 78 A 32 Choir psalter and hymnal, Franciscan use. 482x360. Probably made for the observant friars of the monastery Slavante, Lichtenberg near en:Maastricht. Vellum, ff. 154. This is folio 36r. Psalm 38/Vulgate; Psalm 39/Hebrew. Historiated Initial D ("dixi custodiam vias meas ut non delinquam in lingua mea posui ori meo custodiam cum consisteret peccator adversum me" ["I said: I will take heed to my ways: that I sin not with my tongue. I have set guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me."]). Scene with David beheading Goliath.
context_page_description: Psalm 39 is the 39th psalm of the Book of Psalms, generally known in English by its first verse, in the King James Version, "I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue". The Book of Psalms is the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In the Greek Septuagint version of the bible, and in its Latin translation in the Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 38 in a slightly different numbering system. In Latin, it is known as "Dixi custodiam vias meas". It is a meditation on the fragility of man before God, ending in a prayer for a peaceful life.
  The psalm is a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Anglican and Protestant liturgies and is appointed in the Anglican Common Prayer to be read at funerals. It has inspired hymns based on it, and has been set to music often. It was set by Baroque composers such as Heinrich Schütz, and single verses were used prominently in major works, by Johannes Brahms in Ein deutsches Requiem and by Igor Stravinsky in Symphony of Psalms.
context_section_description: Psalm 39 is the 39th psalm of the Book of Psalms, generally known in English by its first verse, in the King James Version, "I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue". The Book of Psalms is the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In the Greek Septuagint version of the bible, and in its Latin translation in the Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 38 in a slightly different numbering system. In Latin, it is known as "Dixi custodiam vias meas". It is a meditation on the fragility of man before God, ending in a prayer for a peaceful life.
  The psalm is a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Anglican and Protestant liturgies and is appointed in the Anglican Common Prayer to be read at funerals. It has inspired hymns based on it, and has been set to music often. It was set by Baroque composers such as Heinrich Schütz, and single verses were used prominently in major works, by Johannes Brahms in Ein deutsches Requiem and by Igor Stravinsky in Symphony of Psalms.
caption: Psalm 39 in a Franciscan manuscript
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