Psalm 39:1-13 (New International Version)

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For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

1 I said, "I will watch my ways¹ and keep my tongue from sin;² I will put a muzzle on my mouth³ as long as the wicked are in my presence." 2 But when I was silent⁴ and still, not even saying anything good, my anguish⁵ increased. 3 My heart grew hot⁶ within me, and as I meditated,⁷ the fire⁸ burned; then I spoke with my tongue: 4 "Show me, O LORD, my life's end and the number of my days;⁹ let me know how fleeting¹⁰ is my life.¹¹ 5 You have made my days¹² a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man's life is but a breath.¹³ "Selah" 6 Man is a mere phantom¹⁴ as he goes to and fro:¹⁵ He bustles about, but only in vain;¹⁶ he heaps up wealth,¹⁷ not knowing who will get it.¹⁸ 7 "But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.¹⁹ 8 Save me²⁰ from all my transgressions;²¹ do not make me the scorn²² of fools. 9 I was silent;²³ I would not open my mouth,²⁴ for you are the one who has done this.²⁵ 10 Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow²⁶ of your hand.²⁷ 11 You rebuke²⁸ and discipline²⁹ men for their sin; you consume³⁰ their wealth like a moth³¹-- each man is but a breath.³² "Selah" 12 "Hear my prayer, O LORD, listen to my cry for help;³³ be not deaf³⁴ to my weeping.³⁵ For I dwell with you as an alien,³⁶ a stranger,³⁷ as all my fathers were.³⁸ 13 Look away from me, that I may rejoice again before I depart and am no more."³⁹

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