Psalms 39
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Psalm 39
Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness
To the leader: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
1 #
1 Kings 2.4; Job 2.10; Jas 3.2 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.”
2 #
Ps 38.13
I was silent and still;
I held my peace to no avail;
my distress grew worse;
3my heart became hot within me.
While I mused, the fire burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:
4 #
Ps 90.12; 103.14 “Lord, let me know my end
and what is the measure of my days;
let me know how fleeting my life is.
5 #
Ps 62.9; 89.47; 144.4 You have made my days a few handbreadths,
and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight.
Surely everyone stands as a mere breath. Selah
6 #
Job 27.17; Ps 127.2; Lk 12.20; 1 Pet 1.24 Surely everyone goes about like a shadow.
Surely for nothing they are in turmoil;
they heap up and do not know who will gather.
7 #
Ps 38.15
“And now, O Lord, what do I wait for?
My hope is in you.
8 #
Ps 44.13; 51.9 Deliver me from all my transgressions.
Do not make me the scorn of the fool.
9 #
v 2
; Job 2.10I am silent; I do not open my mouth,
for it is you who have done it.
10 #
Job 9.34; Ps 32.4 Remove your stroke from me;
I am worn down by the blows#39.10 Heb hostility of your hand.
11 #
v 5
; Job 13.28; 2 Pet 2.16“You chastise mortals
in punishment for sin,
consuming like a moth what is dear to them;
surely everyone is a mere breath. Selah
12 #
Ps 56.8; 102.1; Heb 11.13; 1 Pet 2.11 “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.
13 #
Job 10.20; 14.10 Turn your gaze away from me, that I may smile again,
before I depart and am no more.”
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