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Psalm 39
To the
chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.
1 I said, I
will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my
tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while
the wicked is before me.
2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even
from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the
fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of
my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth;
and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every
man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely
they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches,
and knoweth not who shall gather them.
7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in
thee.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not
the reproach of the foolish.
9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou
didst it.
10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by
the blow of thine hand.
11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for
iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away
like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry;
hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger
with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I
go hence, and be no more.
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Psalm 39
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