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1 For the Leader, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said: 'I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue; I will keep a curb upon my mouth, While the wicked is before me.' 2 I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, had no comfort; And my pain was held in check. 3 My heart waxed hot within me; While I was musing, the fire kindled; Then spoke I with my tongue: 4 LORD, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is; Let me know how short-lived I am. 5 Behold, Thou hast made my days as hand-breadths; And mine age is as nothing before Thee; Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah Psalms 39:1-5, JPS Tanakh 1917. Public domain.
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