To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David
David asks to stay humble
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Psalm 39:1 |
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. |
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Psalm 39:2 |
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. |
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Psalm 39:3 |
My heart was hot within me; while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, |
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Psalm 39:4 |
Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. |
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Psalm 39:5 |
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. |
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Psalm 39:6 |
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. |
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Psalm 39:7 |
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. |
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Psalm 39:8 |
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. |
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Psalm 39:9 |
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. |
David's prayer
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Psalm 39:10 |
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. |
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Psalm 39:11 |
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. |
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Psalm 39:12 |
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. |
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Psalm 39:13 |
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. |
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