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Psalms 39

13 aligned verses; 13 with wording or punctuation differences .

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I said, I will take heed to my ways , that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me .
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 .
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace , even from good ; and my sorrow was stirred.
I was speechless and still; I remained silent , even from speaking good , and my sorrow was stirred.
My heart was hot within me , while I was musing the fire burned : then spake I with my tongue ,
My heart grew hot within me ; as I mused, the fire burned . Then I spoke with my tongue :
LORD, make me to know mine end , and the measure of my days , what it is: that I may know how frail I am .
“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days . Let me know how fleeting my life is .
Behold , thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity . Selah .
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
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches , and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain ; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away .
And now, Lord, what wait I for ? my hope is in thee .
And now, O Lord, for what do I wait ? My hope is in You .
Deliver me from all my transgressions : make me not the reproach of the foolish .
Deliver me from all my transgressions ; do not make me the reproach of fools .
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because thou didst it .
I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done .
Remove thy stroke away from me : I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
Remove Your scourge from me ; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth : surely every man is vanity . Selah .
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
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee , and a sojourner, as all my fathers were .
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.
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.

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