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1 I said, "I will guard my ways That I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence."
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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.”
2 I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, And my sorrow grew worse.
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So I remained utterly silent, not even saying anything good. But my anguish increased;
3 My heart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue:
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my heart grew hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:
4 "LORD , make me to know my end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am.
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“Show me, LORD, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.
5 "Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.
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You 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.
6 "Surely every man walks about as a phantom; Surely they make an uproar for nothing; He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.
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“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, Lord , for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
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“But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.
8 "Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
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Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools.
9 "I have become mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is You who have done it.
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I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this.
10 "Remove Your plague from me; Because of the opposition of Your hand I am perishing.
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Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
11 "With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.
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When 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; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner like all my fathers.
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“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.
13 "Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may smile again Before I depart and am no more."
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Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again before I depart and am no more.”
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