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- Psalm 39
- For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
- 1I said, “I will watch my ways
- and keep my tongue from sin;
- I will put a muzzle on my mouth
- as long as the wicked are in my presence.”
- 2But when I was silent and still,
- not even saying anything good,
- my anguish increased.
- 3My heart grew hot within me,
- and as I meditated, the fire burned;
- then I spoke with my tongue:
- 4“Show me, O Lord, my life’s end
- and the number of my days;
- let me know how fleeting is my life.
- 5You have made my days a mere handbreadth;
- the span of my years is as nothing before you.
- Each man’s life is but a breath. Selah
- 6Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro:
- He bustles about, but only in vain;
- he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it.
- 7“But now, Lord, what do I look for?
- My hope is in you.
- 8Save me from all my transgressions;
- do not make me the scorn of fools.
- 9I was silent; I would not open my mouth,
- for you are the one who has done this.
- 10Remove your scourge from me;
- I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
- 11You rebuke and discipline men for their sin;
- you consume their wealth like a moth—
- each man is but a breath. Selah
- 12“Hear my prayer, O Lord,
- listen to my cry for help;
- be not deaf to my weeping.
- For I dwell with you as an alien,
- a stranger, as all my fathers were.
- 13Look away from me, that I may rejoice again
- before I depart and am no more.”
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