Psalms 39:1 (BSB)
For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”

Psalms 39:2 (BSB)
I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.

Psalms 39:3 (BSB)
My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:

Psalms 39:4 (BSB)
“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.

Psalms 39:5 (BSB)
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah

Psalms 39:6 (BSB)
Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

Psalms 39:7 (BSB)
And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

Psalms 39:8 (BSB)
Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.

Psalms 39:9 (BSB)
I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.

Psalms 39:10 (BSB)
Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.

Psalms 39:11 (BSB)
You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah

Psalms 39:12 (BSB)
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.

Psalms 39:13 (BSB)
Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
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