# Psalm 39 To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 
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1. I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence.” 
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2. I was mute and silent; I held my peace to no avail, and my distress grew worse. 
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3. My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue: 
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4. “O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! 
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5. Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah 
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6. Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather! 
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7. “And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you. 
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8. Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool! 
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9. I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it. 
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10. Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand. 
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11. When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah 
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12. “Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers. 
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13. Look away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more!” 

(ESV)