Psalms 39:9-13 ▼

9 “I have become dumb, I do not open my mouth, Because it is Thou who hast done it.

10 “Remove Thy plague from me; Because of the opposition of Thy hand, I am perishing.

11 “With reproofs Thou dost chasten a man for iniquity; Thou dost consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath. 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 Thee, A sojourner like all my fathers.

13 “Turn Thy gaze away from me, that I may smile again, Before I depart and am no more.”