Psalm 39
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1For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. I decided, "I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man." 1For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
2I was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew; 2I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
3my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words: 3My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
4"O LORD, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass! 4“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
5Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor. 5You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
6Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away." 6Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
7But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying? You are my only hope! 7And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
8Deliver me from all my sins of rebellion! Do not make me the object of fools' insults! 8Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.
9I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done. 9I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
10Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death! 10Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
11You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah) 11You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
12Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were. 12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
13Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before I pass away. 13Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
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