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For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="#"><b>1</b></a></span>I said, “I will watch my ways <p class="indent2"> so that I will not sin with my tongue; <p class="indent1"> I will guard my mouth with a muzzle <p class="indent2"> as long as the wicked are present.” <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I was speechless and still; <p class="indent2"> I remained silent, even from speaking good, <p class="indent2"> and my sorrow was stirred. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>My heart grew hot within me; <p class="indent2"> as I mused, the fire burned. <p class="indent1stline"> Then I spoke with my tongue: <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Show me, O LORD, my end <p class="indent2"> and the measure of my days. <p class="indent2"> Let me know how fleeting my life is. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, <p class="indent2"> and my lifetime as nothing before You. <p class="indent1"> Truly each man at his best <p class="indent2"> exists as but a breath. <p class="selah"> Selah <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Surely every man goes about like a phantom; <p class="indent2"> surely he bustles in vain; <p class="indent1"> he heaps up riches <p class="indent2"> not knowing who will haul them away. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? <p class="indent2"> My hope is in You. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Deliver me from all my transgressions; <p class="indent2"> do not make me the reproach of fools. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I have become mute; <p class="indent2"> I do not open my mouth <p class="indent2"> because of what You have done. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Remove Your scourge from me; <p class="indent2"> I am perishing by the force of Your hand. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, <p class="indent2"> consuming like a moth what he holds dear; <p class="indent2"> surely each man is but a vapor. <p class="selah"> Selah <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Hear my prayer, O LORD, <p class="indent2"> and give ear to my cry for help; <p class="indent1"> do not be deaf to my weeping. <p class="indent2"> For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, <p class="indent2"> a stranger like all my fathers. <A name=""></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Turn Your gaze away from me, <p class="indent2"> that I may again be cheered <p class="indent2"> before I depart and am no more.”</p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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