Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 <<To the chief musician: For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.>> I said, "I will take heed of 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 watch my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue. I will bridle my mouth while wicked people 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 remained totally speechless. I kept silent, although it did me no good. While I was deep in thought, my pain grew worse.
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 burned like a fire flaring up within me. 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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"Teach me, O LORD, about the end of my life. Teach me about the number of days I have left so that I may know how temporary my life is.
5 Behold, Thou hast made my days as a handbreadth, and mine age is as nothing before Thee; verily every man in his best state is altogether vanity. Selah
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Indeed, you have made the length of my days [only] a few inches. My life span is nothing compared to yours. Certainly, everyone alive is like a whisper in the wind. Selah
6 "Surely every man walketh in a vain show; surely they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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Each person who walks around is like a shadow. They are busy for no reason. They accumulate riches without knowing who will get them."
7 "And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in Thee.
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And now, Lord, what am I waiting 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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Rescue me from all my rebellious acts. Do not disgrace me in front of godless fools.
9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because Thou didst it.
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I remained speechless. I did not open my mouth because you are the one who has done this.
10 Remove Thy stroke away from me; I am consumed by the blow of Thine hand.
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Remove the sickness you laid upon me. My life is over because you struck me with your hand.
11 When with rebukes Thou dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to be consumed away like a moth; surely every man is vanity. Selah
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With stern warnings you discipline people for their crimes. Like a moth you eat away at what is dear to them. Certainly, everyone is like a whisper in the wind. 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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Listen to my prayer, O LORD. Open your ear to my cry for help. Do not be deaf to my tears, for I am a foreign resident with you, a stranger like all my ancestors.
13 O spare me, that I may recover strength before I go hence and am no more."
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Look away from me so that I may smile again before I go away and am no more.
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