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I won’t say a word,</p><p class="line2">for my punishment is from you.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But please stop striking me!</p><p class="line2">I am exhausted by the blows from your hand.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>When you discipline us for our sins,</p><p class="line2">you consume like a moth what is precious to us.</p><p class="line2">Each of us is but a breath.</p><p class="lit">Interlude</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Hear my prayer, O LORD!</p><p class="line2">Listen to my cries for help!</p><p class="line2">Don’t ignore my tears.</p><p class="line1">For I am your guest—</p><p class="line2">a traveler passing through,</p><p class="line2">as my ancestors were before me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Leave me alone so I can smile again</p><p class="line2">before I am gone and exist no more.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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