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Psalm 39 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Yahweh, Make Me Know My End

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For the choir director. For [fn]Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

I said, “I will keep watch over my ways

That I may not sin with my tongue;

I will keep watch over my mouth as with a muzzle

While the wicked are in my presence.”

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I was mute with silence,

I even kept silent from speaking good,

And my anguish grew worse.

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My heart was hot within me,

While I meditated the fire was burning;

Then I spoke with my tongue:

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“Yahweh, cause me to know my end

And what is the extent of my days;

Let me know how transient I am.

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“Behold, You have made my days as [fn]handbreadths,

And my lifetime as nothing before You;

Surely every man, even standing firm, is [fn]altogether vanity. [fn]Selah.

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“Surely every man walks about as [fn]a shadow;

Surely they make an uproar in vain;

He piles up riches and does not know who will gather them.

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“And now, Lord, what do I hope in?

My expectation is in You.

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“Deliver me from all my transgressions;

Make me not the reproach of the wicked fool.

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“I have become mute, I do not open my mouth,

Because it is You who have done it.

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“Remove Your plague from me;

Because of the opposition of Your hand I am wasting away.

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“With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;

You consume as a moth what is precious to him;

Surely every man is vanity. Selah.

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“Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, and give ear to my cry for help;

Do not be silent at my tears;

For I am a sojourner with You,

A foreign resident like all my fathers.

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“Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may [fn]smile again

Before I go and am no more.”

LSB Footnotes
1 Chr 16:41
A handbreadth was approx. 3 in. or 7.6 cm
Or mere breath
Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
Lit an image
Or become cheerful
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