King James Version KJV
New Revised Standard NRS
1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
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I said, "I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence."
2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
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I was silent and still; I held my peace to no avail; my distress grew worse,
3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
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my heart became hot within me. While I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:
4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
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"Lord, let me know my end, and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.
5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
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You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight. Surely everyone stands as a mere breath. (Selah)
6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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Surely everyone goes about like a shadow. Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; they heap up, and do not know who will gather.
7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
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"And now, O Lord, what do I wait 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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Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool.
9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
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I am silent; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.
10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
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Remove your stroke from me; I am worn down by the blows of your hand.
11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
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"You chastise mortals in punishment for sin, consuming like a moth what is dear to them; surely everyone is a mere breath. (Selah)
12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
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"Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; do not hold your peace at my tears. For I am your passing guest, an alien, like all my forebears.
13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
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Turn your gaze away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more."
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