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Chapter 39
Psal NHEBJE 39:1  I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I do not sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."
Psal NHEBJE 39:2  I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.
Psal NHEBJE 39:3  My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:
Psal NHEBJE 39:4  "Jehovah, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
Psal NHEBJE 39:5  Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.
Psal NHEBJE 39:6  "Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.
Psal NHEBJE 39:7  Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
Psal NHEBJE 39:8  Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.
Psal NHEBJE 39:9  I was mute. I did not open my mouth, because you did it.
Psal NHEBJE 39:10  Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
Psal NHEBJE 39:11  When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath." Selah.
Psal NHEBJE 39:12  "Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear to my cry. Do not be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
Psal NHEBJE 39:13  Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more."