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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 39 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/39.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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40">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Confession of a Sufferer<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.39.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_39_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.39.1" class="v19_39_1">1</span>I said, “I will be careful about what I do</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_39_1">and will not let my tongue make me sin;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_39_1">I will not say anything</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_39_1">while evil people are near.”</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_39_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.39.2" class="v19_39_2">2</span>I kept quiet, not saying a word,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_39_2">not even about anything good!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_39_2">But my suffering only grew worse,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_39_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.39.3" class="v19_39_3">3</span>and I was overcome with anxiety.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_39_3">The more I thought, the more troubled I became;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_39_3">I could not keep from asking:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_39_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.39.4" class="v19_39_4">4</span>“<span class="nd">Lord</span>, how long will I live?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_39_4">When will I die?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_39_4">Tell me how soon my life will end.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_39_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.39.5" class="v19_39_5">5</span>How short you have made my life!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_39_5">In your sight my lifetime seems nothing.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_39_5">Indeed every living being is no more than a puff of wind,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_39_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.39.6" class="v19_39_6">6</span>no more than a shadow.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_39_6">All we do is for nothing;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_39_6">we gather wealth, but don't know who will get it.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_39_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.39.7" class="v19_39_7">7</span>What, then, can I hope for, Lord?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_39_7">I put my hope in you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_39_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.39.8" class="v19_39_8">8</span>Save me from all my sins,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_39_8">and don't let fools make fun of me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_39_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.39.9" class="v19_39_9">9</span>I will keep quiet, I will not say a word,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_39_9">for you are the one who made me suffer like this.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_39_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.39.10" class="v19_39_10">10</span>Don't punish me any more!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_39_10">I am about to die from your blows.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_39_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.39.11" class="v19_39_11">11</span>You punish our sins by your rebukes,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_39_11">and like a moth you destroy what we love.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_39_11">Indeed we are no more than a puff of wind!</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_39_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.39.12" class="v19_39_12">12</span>Hear my prayer, <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_39_12">and listen to my cry;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_39_12">come to my aid when I weep.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_39_12">Like all my ancestors</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_39_12">I am only your guest for a little while.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_39_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.39.13" class="v19_39_13">13</span>Leave me alone so that I may have some happiness</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_39_13">before I go away and am no more.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">HEBREW TITLE: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A psalm by David.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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