Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I set a guard on my mouth, while the sinner stood in my presence.
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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, and humbled myself, and kept silence from good words; and my grief was renewed.
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I was silent and still; I held my peace to no avail; my distress grew worse,
3 My heart grew hot within me, and a fire would kindle in my meditation: I spoke 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 O Lord, make me to know mine end, and the number of my days, what it is; that I may know what I lack.
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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 old; and my existence is as nothing before thee: nay, every man living is altogether vanity. Pause.
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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 man walks in a shadow; nay, he is disquieted in vain: he lays up treasures, and knows not for whom he 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 what is my expectation? is it not the Lord? and my ground of hope is with thee. Pause.
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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: thou hast made me a reproach to 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, and opened not my mouth; for thou art he that made me.
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I am silent; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.
10 Remove thy scourges from me: I have fainted by reason of the strength of thine hand.
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Remove your stroke from me; I am worn down by the blows of your hand.
11 Thou chastenest man with rebukes for iniquity, and thou makest his life to consume away like a spider’s web; nay, every man is disquieted in vain. Pause.
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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 O Lord, hearken to my prayer and my supplication: attend to my tears: be not silent, for I am a sojourner in the land, and a stranger, 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 Spare me, that I may be refreshed, before I depart, 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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