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A Davidic Psalm.</p><p class="heading">A Prayer about Life’s Priorities</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I told myself, “I will keep watch over my tongue to keep from sinning.</p> <p class="poetry2">I will muzzle my mouth when the wicked are around.”</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I was as silent as a mute person;</p> <p class="poetry2">I said nothing, not even something good,</p> <p class="poetry2">and my distress deepened.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>My heart within me became incensed;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="39:3 Lit. hot">a</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">as I thought about it, the fire burned.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">Then I<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="39:3 Lit. Then my mouth">b</a></span> spoke out:</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“LORD, let me know how my life ends,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="39:4 Lit. my end">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and the standard by which you will measure<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="39:4 Lit. the measure of">d</a></span> my days, whatever it is!</p> <p class="poetry2">Then I will know how transient my life is.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand;</p> <p class="poetry2">It is nothing compared to yours.</p> <p class="poetry2">Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind.</p> <p class="selah">Interlude</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>In fact, people walk around as shadows.</p> <p class="poetry2">Surely, they busy themselves for nothing,</p> <p class="poetry2">heaping up possessions but not knowing who will get them.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>How long, LORD, will I wait expectantly?</p> <p class="poetry2">I have placed my hope in you.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Deliver me from all my transgressions,</p> <p class="poetry2">and do not let fools scorn me.”</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I remain silent;</p> <p class="poetry2">I do not open my mouth,</p> <p class="poetry2">for you are the one who acted.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Stop scourging me,</p> <p class="poetry2">since I have been crushed by your heavy hand.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You rebuke by chastening a man with the consequence of iniquities;</p> <p class="poetry2">you destroy what is attractive to him, as one would treat a moth.</p> <p class="poetry2">Indeed, every person is a puff of wind.</p> <p class="selah">Interlude</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Hear my prayer, LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">pay attention to my cry,</p> <p class="poetry2">and do not ignore my tears.</p> <p class="poetry2">I am an alien in your presence,</p> <p class="poetry2">a stranger just like my ancestors were.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/39-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Stop looking at me with chastisement,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="39:13 The Heb. lacks with chastisement">e</a></span> so I can smile again,</p> <p class="poetry2">before I depart and am no more.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 39:3 Lit. <i>hot</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 39:3 Lit. <i>Then my mouth</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 39:4 Lit. <i>my end</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 39:4 Lit. <i>the measure of</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 39:13 The Heb. lacks <i>with chastisement</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/38.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 38"><img src="/left.png" 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