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Psalm 39
1For the leader; for Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
2I resolved I would watch my steplest I offend by my speech;I would keep my mouth muzzledwhile the wicked man was in my presence.
3I was dumb, silent;I was very stillwhile my pain was intense.
4My mind was in a rage,my thoughts were all aflame;I spoke out:
5Tell me, O LORD, what my term is,what is the measure of my days;I would know how fleeting my life is.
6You have made my life just handbreadths long;its span is as nothing in Your sight;no man endures any longer than a breath. Selah.
7Man walks about as a mere shadow;mere futility is his hustle and bustle,amassing and not knowing who will gather in.
8What, then, can I count on, O Lord?In You my hope lies.
9Deliver me from all my transgressions;make me not the butt of the benighted.
10I am dumb, I do not speak up,for it is Your doing.
11Take away Your plague from me;I perish from Your blows.
12You chastise a man in punishment for his sin,consuming like a moth what he treasures.No man is more than a breath. Selah.
13Hear my prayer, O LORD;give ear to my cry;do not disregard my tears;for like all my forebearsI am an alien, resident with You.
14Look away from me, that I may recover,before I pass away and am gone.
Translation: Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1985), via Sefaria, used under CC BY-NC.
Paragraph divisions follow the Masoretic text (Miqra according to the Masorah, CC BY-SA).