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Psalms 39

13 aligned verses; 13 with wording or punctuation differences .

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1
For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “ I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue ; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present . ”
To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, ` I observe my ways , Against sinning with my tongue , I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked `is' before me . '
2
I was speechless and still; I remained silent , even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred .
I was dumb `with' silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited .
3
My heart grew hot within me ; as I mused , the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue :
Hot `is' my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue .
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“Show me, O LORD , my end and the measure of my days . Let me know how fleeting my life is .
`Cause me to know , O Jehovah , mine end , And the measure of my days -- what it `is',' I know how frail I `am' .
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You, indeed , have made my days as handbreadths , and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath . Selah
Lo , handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age `is' as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity `is' every man set up . Selah .
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Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain ; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away .
Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, `in' vain , they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.
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And now , O Lord , for what do I wait ? My hope is in You .
And, now , what have I expected ? O Lord, my hope -- it ` is ' of Thee .
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Deliver me from all my transgressions ; do not make me the reproach of fools .
From all my transgressions deliver me , A reproach of the fool make me not .
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I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
I have been dumb, I open not my mouth , Because Thou -- Thou hast done `it' .
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Remove Your scourge from me ; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed .
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You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor . Selah
With reproofs against iniquity, Thou hast corrected man, And dost waste as a moth his desirableness, Only, vanity ` is ' every man . Selah .
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Hear my prayer, O LORD , and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You , a stranger like all my fathers.
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah , And ` to ' my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I ` am ' with Thee , A settler like all my fathers.
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Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
Look from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not!

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