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PSALMS
39.14
- And they that seek my hurt speak crafty devices,
- And utter deceits all the day.
- 14But I am as a deaf man, I hear not;
- And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
- 15Yea, I am become as a man that heareth not,
- And in whose mouth are no arguments.
- 16For in Thee, O Lord, do I hope;
- Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
- 17For I said: 'Lest they rejoice over me;
- When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.'
- 18For I am ready to halt,
- And my pain is continually before me.
- 19For I do declare mine iniquity;
- I am full of care because of my sin.
- 20But mine enemies are strong in health;
- And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. 21They also that repay evil for good
- Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.
- 22Forsake me not, O Lord;
- O my God, be not far from me.
- 23Make haste to help me,
- O Lord, my salvation.
39 For the Leader, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
- 2I said: 'I will take heed to my ways,
- That I sin not with my tongue;
- I will keep a curb upon my mouth,
- While the wicked is before me.'
- 3I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, had no comfort;
- And my pain was held in check.
- 4My heart waxed hot within me;
- While I was musing, the fire kindled;
- Then spoke I with my tongue:
- 5'Lord, make me to know mine end,
- And the measure of my days, what it is;
- Let me know how short-lived I am.
- 6Behold, Thou hast made my days as hand-breadths;
- And mine age is as nothing before Thee;
- Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah
- 7Surely man walketh as a mere semblance;
- Surely for vanity they are in turmoil;
- He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
- 8And now, Lord, what wait I for?
- My hope, it is in Thee.
- 9Deliver me from all my transgressions;
- Make me not the reproach of the base.
- 10I am dumb, I open not my mouth;
- Because Thou hast done it.
- 11Remove Thy stroke from off me;
- I am consumed by the blow of Thy hand.
- 12With rebukes dost Thou chasten man for iniquity,
- And like a moth Thou makest his beauty to consume away;
- Surely every man is vanity. Selah
- 13Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry;
- Keep not silence at my tears;
- For I am a stranger with Thee,
- A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
- 14Look away from me, that I may take comfort,
- Before I go hence, and be no more.'
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