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| 1I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence.” | 1For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David. I said, "I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth while in the presence of the wicked." |
| 2I was mute and silent; I held my peace to no avail, and my distress grew worse. | 2So I remained utterly silent, not even saying anything good. But my anguish increased; |
| 3My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue: | 3my heart grew hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue: |
| 4“O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! | 4"Show me, LORD, my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is. |
| 5Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah | 5You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure. |
| 6Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather! | 6"Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be. |
| 7“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you. | 7"But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you. |
| 8Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool! | 8Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools. |
| 9I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it. | 9I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this. |
| 10Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand. | 10Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow of your hand. |
| 11When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah | 11When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin, you consume their wealth like a moth-- surely everyone is but a breath. |
| 12“Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers. | 12"Hear my prayer, LORD, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were. |
| 13Look away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more!” | 13Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again before I depart and am no more." |
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