Psalms 39
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PSALM 39
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
1I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked is before me. 2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace from good; and my sorrow was stirred. 3My heart burned within me; the fire was kindled in my musing: I spoke with my tongue, 4Make me to know, Jehovah, mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I shall know how frail I am. 5Behold, thou hast made my days as hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, even the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah. 6Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
7And now, what wait I for, Lord? my hope is in thee. 8Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; for thou hast done it. 10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand. 11When thou with rebukes dost correct a man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely, every man is vanity. Selah. 12Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; be not silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, like all my fathers. 13Look away from me, and let me recover strength, before I go hence and be no more.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
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