39I said, "I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth while in the presence of the wicked."H5329H3038H4210H1732H559H8104H1870H2398H3956H8104H6310H4269H75632So I remained utterly silent, not even saying anything good. But my anguish increased;H481H1747H2814H2896H3511H59163my heart grew hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:H3820H2552H7130H1901H784H1197H227H1696H39564"Show me, LORD, my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.H3068H3045H7093H4060H3117H3045H23105You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.H5414H3117H2947H2465H3605H120H5324H3605H1892H55426"Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be.H376H1980H6754H1993H1892H6651H3045H6227"But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.H136H6960H84318Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools.H5337H6588H7760H2781H50369I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this.H481H6605H6310H621310Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow of your hand.H5493H5061H5493H3615H8409H302711When you rebuke and discipline people for their sins, you consume their wealth like a moth—surely everyone is but a breath.H8433H3256H376H5771H2530H4529H6211H120H1892H554212"Hear my prayer, LORD, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were.H8085H8605H3068H238H7775H2790H1832H1616H8453H113Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again before I depart and am no more."H8159H1082H3212
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