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Psalms 39
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Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness

39To the leader: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, "I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence."H5329H3038H4210H1732H559H8104H1870H2398H3956H8104H6310H4269H7563 2I was silent and still; I held my peace to no avail; my distress grew worse,H481H1747H2814H2896H3511H5916 3my heart became hot within me. While I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:H3820H2552H7130H1901H784H1197H227H1696H3956 4"LORD, let me know my end, and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.H3068H3045H7093H4060H3117H3045H2310 5You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight. Surely everyone stands as a mere breath. SelahH5414H3117H2947H2465H3605H120H5324H3605H1892H5542 6Surely everyone goes about like a shadow. Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; they heap up, and do not know who will gather.H376H1980H6754H1993H1892H6651H3045H622 7"And now, O Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.H136H6960H8431 8Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool.H5337H6588H7760H2781H5036 9I am silent; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.H481H6605H6310H6213 10Remove your stroke from me; I am worn down by the blows of your hand.H5493H5061H5493H3615H8409H3027 11"You chastise mortals in punishment for sin, consuming like a moth what is dear to them; surely everyone is a mere breath. SelahH8433H3256H376H5771H2530H4529H6211H120H1892H5542 12"Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; do not hold your peace at my tears. For I am your passing guest, an alien, like all my forebears.H8085H8605H3068H238H7775H2790H1832H1616H8453H1 13Turn your gaze away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more."H8159H1082H3212


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