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Psalms 39
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39A David psalm. I'm determined to watch steps and tongue so they won't land me in trouble. I decided to hold my tongue as long as Wicked is in the room.H5329H3038H4210H1732H559H8104H1870H2398H3956H8104H6310H4269H7563 2"Mum's the word," I said, and kept quiet. But the longer I kept silence The worse it got—H481H1747H2814H2896H3511H5916 3my insides got hotter and hotter. My thoughts boiled over; I spilled my guts.H3820H2552H7130H1901H784H1197H227H1696H3956 4"Tell me, what's going on, GOD? How long do I have to live? Give me the bad news!H3068H3045H7093H4060H3117H3045H2310 5You've kept me on pretty short rations; my life is string too short to be saved.H5414H3117H2947H2465H3605H120H5324H3605H1892H5542 6Oh! we're all puffs of air. Oh! we're all shadows in a campfire. Oh! we're just spit in the wind. We make our pile, and then we leave it.H376H1980H6754H1993H1892H6651H3045H622 7"What am I doing in the meantime, Lord? Hoping, that's what I'm doing—hopingH136H6960H8431 8You'll save me from a rebel life, save me from the contempt of dunces.H5337H6588H7760H2781H5036 9I'll say no more, I'll shut my mouth, since you, Lord, are behind all this.H481H6605H6310H6213 10But I can't take it much longer. When you put us through the fireH5493H5061H5493H3615H8409H3027 11to purge us from our sin, our dearest idols go up in smoke. Are we also nothing but smoke?H8433H3256H376H5771H2530H4529H6211H120H1892H5542 12"Ah, GOD, listen to my prayer, my cry—open your ears. Don't be callous; just look at these tears of mine. I'm a stranger here. I don't know my way— a migrant like my whole family.H8085H8605H3068H238H7775H2790H1832H1616H8453H1 13Give me a break, cut me some slack before it's too late and I'm out of here."H8159H1082H3212


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