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1 (38-1) <Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle of David.> (38-2) I said: I will take heed to my ways: that I sin not with my tongue. I have set a guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against 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 (38-3) I was dumb, and was humbled, and kept silence from good things: and my sorrow was renewed.
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I was silent and still; I held my peace to no avail; my distress grew worse,
3 (38-4) My heart grew hot within me: and in my meditation a fire shall flame out.
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my heart became hot within me. While I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:
4 (38-5) I spoke with my tongue: O Lord, make me know my end. And what is the number of my days: that I may know what is wanting to me.
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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 (38-6) Behold thou hast made my days measurable. and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity: every man living.
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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 (38-7) Surely man passeth as an image: yea, and he is disquieted in vain. He storeth up: and he knoweth not for whom he shall gather these things.
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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 (38-8) And now what is my hope? is it not the Lord? and my substance is with thee.
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"And now, O Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
8 (38-9) Deliver thou me from all my iniquities: thou hast made me a reproach to the fool.
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Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool.
9 (38-10) I was dumb, and I opened not my mouth, because thou hast done it.
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I am silent; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.
10 (38-11) Remove thy scourges from me. The strength of thy hand hath made me faint in rebukes:
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Remove your stroke from me; I am worn down by the blows of your hand.
11 (38-12) Thou hast corrected man for iniquity. And thou hast made his soul to waste away like a spider: surely in vain is any man disquieted.
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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 (38-13) Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication: give ear to my tears. Be no silent: 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 (38-14) O forgive me, that I may be refreshed, 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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