Psalms 39
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| 1 | For the Leader, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. |
| 2 | 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.' |
| 3 | I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, had no comfort; and my pain was held in check. |
| 4 | My heart waxed hot within me; while I was musing, the fire kindled; Then spoke I with my tongue: |
| 5 | 'LORD, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is; Let me know how short-lived I am. |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil; He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. |
| 8 | And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope, it is in Thee. |
| 9 | Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the base. |
| 10 | I am dumb, I open not my mouth; because Thou hast done it. |
| 11 | Remove Thy stroke from off me; I am consumed by the blow of Thy hand. |
| 12 | With rebukes dost Thou chasten man for iniquity, and like a moth Thou makest his beauty to consume away; surely every man is vanity. Selah |
| 13 | Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; keep not silence at my tears; for I am a stranger with Thee, a sojourner, as all my fathers were. |
| 14 | Look away from me, that I may take comfort, before I go hence, and be no more.' |