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1 To 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."
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<<For the Chief Musician. For Yedutun. A Psalm by David.>> I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."
2 I was mute with silence, I held my peace even from good; And my sorrow was stirred up.
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I was mute with silence. I held my shalom, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.
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 was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:
4 "Lord, make me to know my end, And what is the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am.
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"LORD, make me to know my end, What is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
5 Indeed, 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. Selah
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Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.
6 Surely 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.
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"Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.
7 "And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.
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Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.
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Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don't make me the reproach of the foolish.
9 I was mute, I did not open my mouth, Because it was You who did it.
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I was mute, I didn't open my mouth, Because you did it.
10 Remove Your plague from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.
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Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
11 When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor. Selah
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When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath." Selah.
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.
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"Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry. Don't be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13 Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength, Before I go away and am no more."
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Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go away, and be no more."