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Psalms 39

1

To the Chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue; I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked are before me.

2

I became dumb, keeping still; I was silent, from good; and my pain was stirred.

3

My heart was hot within me; while I was musing, the fire burned; I spoke with my tongue:

4

O LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is; I know how frail I am.

5

Behold, You have made my days as a handbreadth, and my age is as nothing before You. Surely every man standing is altogether vanity. Selah.

6

Surely a man walks about like a shadow! Surely they are in an uproar in vain. He heaps up, and does not know who shall gather them.

7

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

8

Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the fool.

9

I was dumb, I did not open my mouth; because You have done it.

10

Remove Your stroke away from me; I am destroyed by the blow of Your hand.

11

You correct a man for iniquity with rebukes, and you make his desires vanish away like a moth. Surely every man is vanity. Selah.

12

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry. Do not be silent at my tears; for I am a stranger with You, a pilgrim, as all my fathers were.

13

Look away from me, and I will smile before I go away and be no more.



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