Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
Quotes around Verses      |
 Psa 39:1 |
For the choir director, for [fn]Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, "I will guard my ways That I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence." |
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Psa 39:2 |
I was mute [fn]and silent, I [fn]refrained even from good, And my [fn]sorrow grew worse. |
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Psa 39:3 |
My heart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue: |
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Psa 39:4 |
"LORD, make me to know my end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am. |
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Psa 39:5 |
"Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man [fn]at his best is [fn]a mere breath. [fn]Selah. |
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Psa 39:6 |
"Surely every man walks about as [fn]a phantom; Surely they make an uproar for nothing; He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them. |
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Psa 39:7 |
"And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You. |
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Psa 39:8 |
"Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the reproach of the foolish. |
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Psa 39:9 |
"I have become mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is You who have done it. |
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Psa 39:10 |
"Remove Your plague from me; Because of the opposition of Your hand I am [fn]perishing. |
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Psa 39:11 |
"With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah. |
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Psa 39:12 |
"Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner like all my fathers. |
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Psa 39:13 |
"Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may [fn]smile again Before I depart and am no more." |
NASB Footnotes:
- (39:1) 1 Chr 16:41
- (39:2) Literally: with silence
- (39:2) Literally: kept silence
- (39:2) Literally: pain
- (39:5) Literally: standing firm
- (39:5) Or, altogether vanity
- (39:5) Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
- (39:6) Literally: an image
- (39:10) Or, wasting away
- (39:13) Or, become cheerful
