Bible, King James Version
Psalms
Pss.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.
[2] I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from
good; and my sorrow was stirred.
[3] My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the
fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
[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.
[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.
[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.
[7] And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in
thee.
[8] Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the
reproach of the foolish.
[9] I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst
it.
[10] Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the
blow of thine hand.
[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.
[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.
[13] O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go
hence, and be no more.
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