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Psalms 39

For the choir director, for  aJeduthun. A Psalm of David.

1

I said, "I will  aguard my ways That I  bmay not sin with my tongue; I will guard  cmy mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence."

2

I was  amute  1and silent, I  2refrained even from good, And my  3sorrow grew worse.

3

My  aheart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue:

4

"LORD, make me to know  amy end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how  btransient I am.

5

"Behold, You have made  amy days as handbreadths, And my  blifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man  1at his best is  2a mere  cbreath.  3Selah.

6

"Surely every man  awalks about as  1a phantom; Surely they make an  buproar for nothing; He  camasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

7

"And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My  ahope is in You.

8

aDeliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the  breproach of the foolish.

9

"I have become  amute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is  bYou who have done it.

10

aRemove Your plague from me; Because of  bthe opposition of Your hand I am  1perishing.

11

"With  areproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You  bconsume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely  cevery man is a mere breath. Selah.

12

aHear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent  bat my tears; For I am  ca stranger with You, A  dsojourner like all my fathers.

13

aTurn Your gaze away from me, that I may  1smile again Before I depart and am no more."



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