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For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don\'t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me." |
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I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred. |
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3
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My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue: |
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"Yahweh, show me my end, What is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am. |
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Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah. |
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6
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"Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn\'t know who shall gather. |
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7
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Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you. |
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8
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Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don\'t make me the reproach of the foolish. |
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9
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I was mute. I didn\'t open my mouth, Because you did it. |
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10
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Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand. |
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When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath." Selah. |
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12
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"Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don\'t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, A foreigner, as all my fathers were. |
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13
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Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go away, and be no more." |
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