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For <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.</i></SS><CP><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I said, “I will keep watch <i>over</i> my ways <p class="indent2">That I may not sin with my tongue; <p class="indent2">I will keep watch <i>over</i> my mouth as with a muzzle <p class="indent2">While the wicked are in my presence.” <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I was mute with silence, <p class="indent2">I <i>even</i> kept silent from <i>speaking</i> good, <p class="indent2">And my anguish grew worse. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>My heart was hot within me, <p class="indent2">While I meditated the fire was burning; <p class="indent2"><i>Then</i> I spoke with my tongue: <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Yahweh, cause me to know my end <p class="indent2">And what is the extent of my days; <p class="indent2">Let me know how transient I am. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Behold, You have made my days <i>as</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>handbreadths, <p class="indent2">And my lifetime as nothing before You; <p class="indent2">Surely every man, <i>even</i> standing firm, is <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>altogether vanity. <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Selah. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Surely every man walks about as <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>a shadow; <p class="indent2">Surely they make an uproar in vain; <p class="indent2">He piles up <i>riches</i> and does not know who will gather them. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“And now, Lord, what do I hope in? <p class="indent2">My expectation is in You. <p class="indent1"><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">Make me not the reproach of the wicked fool. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I have become mute, I do not open my mouth, <p class="indent2">Because it is You who have done <i>it</i>. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Remove Your plague from me; <p class="indent2">Because of the opposition of Your hand I am wasting away. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; <p class="indent2">You consume as a moth what is precious to him; <p class="indent2">Surely every man is vanity. Selah. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, and give ear to my cry for help; <p class="indent2">Do not be silent at my tears; <p class="indent2">For I am a sojourner with You, <p class="indent2">A foreign resident like all my fathers. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/39-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>smile <i>again</i> <p class="indent2">Before I go and am no more.”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">Title</span> 1 Chr 16:41<br><span class="fnverse">5</span> A handbreadth was approx. 3 in. or 7.6 cm<br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Or <i>mere breath</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <i>Selah</i> may mean <i>Pause</i>, <i>Crescendo</i>, <i>Musical Interlude</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>an image</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Or <i>become cheerful</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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