Psalm 39
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1To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will guard my ways, Lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, While the wicked are before me.”1I told myself, "I will keep watch over my tongue to keep from sinning. I will muzzle my mouth when the wicked are around."
2I was mute with silence, I held my peace even from good; And my sorrow was stirred up.2I was as silent as a mute person; I said nothing, not even something good, and my distress deepened.
3My heart was hot within me; While I was musing, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:3My heart within me became incensed; as I thought about it, the fire burned. Then I spoke out:
4“LORD, make me to know my end, And what is the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am.4"LORD, let me know how my life ends, and the standard by which you will measure my days, whatever it is! Then I will know how transient my life is.
5Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah5Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude
6Surely every man walks about like a shadow; Surely they busy themselves in vain; He heaps up riches, And does not know who will gather them.6In fact, people walk around as shadows. Surely, they busy themselves for nothing, heaping up possessions but not knowing who will get them.
7“And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.7How long, LORD, will I wait expectantly? I have placed my hope in you.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.8Deliver me from all my transgressions, and do not let fools scorn me."
9I was mute, I did not open my mouth, Because it was You who did it.9I remain silent; I do not open my mouth, for you are the one who acted.
10Remove Your plague from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.10Stop scourging me, since I have been crushed by your heavy hand.
11When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor. Selah11You rebuke by chastening a man with the consequence of iniquities; you destroy what is attractive to him, as one would treat a moth. Indeed, every person is a puff of wind. Interlude
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 You, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.12Hear my prayer, LORD, pay attention to my cry, and do not ignore my tears. I am an alien in your presence, a stranger just like my ancestors were.
13Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength, Before I go away and am no more.”13Stop looking at me with chastisement, so I can smile again, before I depart and am no more.
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Psalm 38
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