Psalms 39

Psalm 39

Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness

To the leader: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

1 # 1 Kings 2.4; Job 2.10; Jas 3.2 I said, “I will guard my ways

that I may not sin with my tongue;

I will keep a muzzle on my mouth

as long as the wicked are in my presence.”

2 # Ps 38.13 I was silent and still;

I held my peace to no avail;

my distress grew worse;

3my heart became hot within me.

While I mused, the fire burned;

then I spoke with my tongue:

4 # Ps 90.12; 103.14 “Lord, let me know my end

and what is the measure of my days;

let me know how fleeting my life is.

5 # Ps 62.9; 89.47; 144.4 You have made my days a few handbreadths,

and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight.

Surely everyone stands as a mere breath. Selah

6 # Job 27.17; Ps 127.2; Lk 12.20; 1 Pet 1.24 Surely everyone goes about like a shadow.

Surely for nothing they are in turmoil;

they heap up and do not know who will gather.

7 # Ps 38.15 “And now, O Lord, what do I wait for?

My hope is in you.

8 # Ps 44.13; 51.9 Deliver me from all my transgressions.

Do not make me the scorn of the fool.

9 # v 2 ; Job 2.10I am silent; I do not open my mouth,

for it is you who have done it.

10 # Job 9.34; Ps 32.4 Remove your stroke from me;

I am worn down by the blows#39.10 Heb hostility of your hand.

11 # v 5 ; Job 13.28; 2 Pet 2.16“You chastise mortals

in punishment for sin,

consuming like a moth what is dear to them;

surely everyone is a mere breath. Selah

12 # Ps 56.8; 102.1; Heb 11.13; 1 Pet 2.11 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,

and give ear to my cry;

do not hold your peace at my tears.

For I am your passing guest,

an alien, like all my forebears.

13 # Job 10.20; 14.10 Turn your gaze away from me, that I may smile again,

before I depart and am no more.”

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