Psalm 39

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Psalm 39

The Vanity of Life.

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I said, “I will ^(A)guard my ways
That I ^(B)may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard ^(C)my mouth as with a muzzle
While the wicked are in my presence.”

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I was ^(D)mute ^(b)and silent,
I ^(c)refrained even from good,
And my ^(d)sorrow grew worse.

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My ^(E)heart was hot within me,
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:

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“Lord, make me to know ^(F)my end
And what is the extent of my days;
Let me know how ^(G)transient I am.

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“Behold, You have made ^(H)my days as handbreadths,
And my ^(I)lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man ^(e)at his best is ^(f)a mere ^(J)breath. ^(g)Selah.

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“Surely every man ^(K)walks about as ^(h)a phantom;
Surely they make an ^(L)uproar for nothing;
He ^(M)amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

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“And now, Lord, for what do I wait?
My ^(N)hope is in You.

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“^(O)Deliver me from all my transgressions;
Make me not the ^(P)reproach of the foolish.

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“I have become ^(Q)mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is ^(R)You who have done it.

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“^(S)Remove Your plague from me;
Because of ^(T)the opposition of Your hand I am ⁽ⁱ⁾perishing.

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“With ^(U)reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;
You ^(V)consume as a moth what is precious to him;
Surely ^(W)every man is a mere breath. Selah.

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“^(X)Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent ^(Y)at my tears;
For I am ^(Z)a stranger with You,
A ^(AA)sojourner like all my fathers.

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“^(AB)Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may ^(j)smile again
Before I depart and am no more.”

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 39:1: ['1 Chr 16:41']

b. Psalm 39:2: ['Lit ', with silence]

c. Psalm 39:2: ['Lit ', kept silence]

d. Psalm 39:2: ['Lit ', pain]

e. Psalm 39:5: ['Lit ', standing firm]

f. Psalm 39:5: ['Or ', altogether vanity]

g. Psalm 39:5: [Selah, ' may mean: ', Pause, Crescendo, ' or ', Musical interlude]

h. Psalm 39:6: ['Lit ', an image]

i. Psalm 39:10: ['Or ', wasting away]

j. Psalm 39:13: ['Or ', become cheerful]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 39:1: Psalm 119:9

B. Psalm 39:1: Job 2:10; Psalm 34:13; James 3:5-12

C. Psalm 39:1: Psalm 141:3; James 3:2

D. Psalm 39:2: Psalm 38:13

E. Psalm 39:3: Psalm 32:4; Jeremiah 20:9; Luke 24:32

F. Psalm 39:4: Job 6:11; Psalm 90:12; Psalm 119:84

G. Psalm 39:4: Psalm 78:39; Psalm 103:14

H. Psalm 39:5: Psalm 89:47

I. Psalm 39:5: Psalm 144:4

J. Psalm 39:5: Job 14:2; Psalm 62:9

K. Psalm 39:6: 1 Corinthians 7:31; James 1:10; James 1:11; 1 Peter 1:24

L. Psalm 39:6: Psalm 127:2

M. Psalm 39:6: Psalm 49:10; Luke 12:20

N. Psalm 39:7: Psalm 38:15

O. Psalm 39:8: Psalm 51:9; Psalm 51:14; Psalm 79:9

P. Psalm 39:8: Psalm 44:13; Psalm 79:4; Psalm 119:22

Q. Psalm 39:9: Psalm 39:2

R. Psalm 39:9: 2 Samuel 16:10; Job 2:10

S. Psalm 39:10: Job 9:34; Job 13:21

T. Psalm 39:10: Psalm 32:4

U. Psalm 39:11: Ezekiel 5:15; 2 Peter 2:16

V. Psalm 39:11: Job 13:28; Psalm 90:7; Isaiah 50:9

W. Psalm 39:11: Psalm 39:5

X. Psalm 39:12: Psalm 102:1; Psalm 143:1

Y. Psalm 39:12: Psalm 56:8

Z. Psalm 39:12: Leviticus 25:23; 1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalm 119:19; Hebrews 11:13; 1 Peter 2:11

AA. Psalm 39:12: Genesis 47:9

AB. Psalm 39:13: Job 7:19; Job 10:20; Job 10:21; Job 14:6; Psalm 102:24