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Psalms 39
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[To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.] 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. my mouth...: Heb. a bridle, or, muzzle for my mouth
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 dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. stirred: Heb. troubled
I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.
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My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:
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LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. how...: or, what time I have here
"Yahweh, make me to know my end, What is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
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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. at...: Heb. settled
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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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. a vain...: Heb. an image
"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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And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
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Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don`t make me the reproach of the foolish.
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I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
I was mute, I didn`t open my mouth, Because you did it.
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Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. blow: Heb. conflict
Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
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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. his...: Heb. that which is to be desired in him to melt away
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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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.
"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 sojourner, as all my fathers were.
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O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go away, and be no more." Psalm 40 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.