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A Psalm of David.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I said, “I will guard my ways,</span><br /><span class="indent">that I may not sin with my tongue;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">I will guard my mouth with a muzzle,</span><br /><span class="indent">so long as the wicked are in my presence.”</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I was mute and silent;</span><br /><span class="indent">I held my peace to no avail,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and my distress grew worse.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="indent">My heart became hot within me.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">As I mused, the fire burned;</span><br /><span class="indent">then I spoke with my tongue:</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, make me know my end</span><br /><span class="indent">and what is the measure of my days;</span><br /><span class="indent">let me know how fleeting I am!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,</span><br /><span class="indent">and my lifetime is as nothing before you.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! <selah>Selah</selah></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="indent">Surely a man goes about as a shadow!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Surely for nothing<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew Surely as a breath">a</a></sup></span> they are in turmoil;</span><br /><span class="indent">man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?</span><br /><span class="indent">My hope is in you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Deliver me from all my transgressions.</span><br /><span class="indent">Do not make me the scorn of the fool!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I am mute; I do not open my mouth,</span><br /><span class="indent">for it is you who have done it.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Remove your stroke from me;</span><br /><span class="indent">I am spent by the hostility of your hand.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">When you discipline a man</span><br /><span class="indent">with rebukes for sin,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">you consume like a moth what is dear to him;</span><br /><span class="indent">surely all mankind is a mere breath! <selah>Selah</selah></span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“Hear my prayer, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">and give ear to my cry;</span><br /><span class="indent">hold not your peace at my tears!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">For I am a sojourner with you,</span><br /><span class="indent">a guest, like all my fathers.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Look away from me, that I may smile again,</span><br /><span class="indent">before I depart and am no more!”</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">Surely</span> as a breath</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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