Psalm 39
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1I told myself, "I will keep watch over my tongue to keep from sinning. I will muzzle my mouth when the wicked are around."1For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, "I will guard my ways That I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence."
2I was as silent as a mute person; I said nothing, not even something good, and my distress deepened.2I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, And my sorrow grew worse.
3My heart within me became incensed; as I thought about it, the fire burned. Then I spoke out:3My heart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue:
4"LORD, let me know how my life ends, and the standard by which you will measure my days, whatever it is! Then I will know how transient my life is.4"LORD, make me to know my end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am.
5Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude5"Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.
6In fact, people walk around as shadows. Surely, they busy themselves for nothing, heaping up possessions but not knowing who will get them.6"Surely every man walks about as a phantom; Surely they make an uproar for nothing; He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.
7How long, LORD, will I wait expectantly? I have placed my hope in you.7"And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions, and do not let fools scorn me."8"Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9I remain silent; I do not open my mouth, for you are the one who acted.9"I have become mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is You who have done it.
10Stop scourging me, since I have been crushed by your heavy hand.10"Remove Your plague from me; Because of the opposition of Your hand I am perishing.
11You rebuke by chastening a man with the consequence of iniquities; you destroy what is attractive to him, as one would treat a moth. Indeed, every person is a puff of wind. Interlude11"With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.
12Hear my prayer, LORD, pay attention to my cry, and do not ignore my tears. I am an alien in your presence, a stranger just like my ancestors were.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 sojourner like all my fathers.
13Stop looking at me with chastisement, so I can smile again, before I depart and am no more.13"Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may smile again Before I depart and am no more."
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