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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 New Heart English Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/39-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NHEB</a> > Psalm 39</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/38.htm" title="Psalm 38">◄</a> Psalm 39 <a href="../psalms/40.htm" title="Psalm 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">New Heart English Bible</div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/psalms/39-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>[For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.] I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I do not sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/psalms/39-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/psalms/39-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/psalms/39-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>"LORD, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/psalms/39-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Look, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/psalms/39-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>"Surely a person goes about like a shadow. Surely he heaps up vain things of wealth, and doesn't know who shall gather them.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/psalms/39-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And now, LORD, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/psalms/39-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the taunt of fools.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/psalms/39-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I was mute. I did not open my mouth, because you did it.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/psalms/39-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/psalms/39-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath." Selah.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/psalms/39-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>"Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry. Do not be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/psalms/39-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more."<p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><a href="//nheb.net/">New Heart English Bible</a><br />Edited by Wayne A. 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