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Psalm 39
To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun,
A Psalm of David.
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King James Version of the
Bible
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.1
References and notes
1. King James Authorized Version
2.
CLARKE'S COMMENTARY
- PSALMS 39 - http://www.godrules.net/library/clarke/clarkepsa39.htm
3. Matthew Henry Bible Commentary
- http://www.ewordtoday.com/comments/psalm/mh/psalm39.htm |
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