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Psalm 39 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:1 - To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, "I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will bridle my mouth, so long as the wicked are in my presence."
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:2 - I was dumb and silent, I held my peace to no avail; my distress grew worse,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:3 - my heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:4 - "LORD, let me know my end, and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:5 - Behold, thou hast made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in thy sight. Surely every man stands as a mere breath! Selah
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:6 - Surely man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nought are they in turmoil; man heaps up, and knows not who will gather!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:7 - "And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:8 - Deliver me from all my transgressions. Make me not the scorn of the fool!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:9 - I am dumb, I do not open my mouth; for it is thou who hast done it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:10 - Remove thy stroke from me; I am spent by the blows of thy hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11 - When thou dost chasten man with rebukes for sin, thou dost consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely every man is a mere breath! Selah
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:12 - "Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears! For I am thy passing guest, a sojourner, like all my fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:13 - Look away from me, that I may know gladness, before I depart and be no more!"
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

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