Psalms 39
39
PSALM THIRTY-NINE
To the Chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
1I said, “I will take heed to my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue; I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked are before me.” #1 Ki. 2:4
2I became dumb, keeping silent; I said nothing good, and yet my sorrow grew worse. #Psa. 38:13
3My heart was hot within me; while I was musing, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:
4“O Lord, make me to know my end and the measure of my days, what it is, that I may know how short lived I am.
5Behold, You have made my days as a handbreadth, and the span of my days is as nothing before You. Surely every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
6Surely every man walks about in a vain show! Surely they are in an uproar in vain. He heaps up riches and does not know who shall gather them. #Luke 12:20
7And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the fool. #Psa. 44:13
9I was dumb; I did not open my mouth because You have done it. #Lev. 10:3; Job 2:10
10Remove Your stroke away from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.
11You correct a man for iniquity with rebukes, and You make his beauty to vanish away like a moth. Surely every man is vanity. Selah. #Job 13:28
12Hear 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. #Gen. 47:9
13Look away from me, that I may recover strength before I depart and am no more.” #Job 10:20, 14:10
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