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39:1  For the director. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
39:2  I said, “I will be careful of my behavior so as not to sin with my tongue. I will keep a muzzle on my mouth whenever the wicked are in my presence.”
39:3  I kept completely silent and refrained from speech, but my distress only increased.
39:4  My heart smoldered within me, and, as I pondered, my mind was inflamed, and my tongue began to speak:
39:5  “O Lord, let me know my end and the number of days left to me; show me how fleeting my life is.
39:6  You have allotted me a short span of days; my life is as nothing in your sight; human existence is a mere breath. Selah
39:7  Humans are nothing but a passing shadow; the riches they amass are a mere breath, and they do not know who will enjoy them.
39:8  “So now, O Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
39:9  Deliver me from all my sins; do not subject me to the taunts of fools.
39:10  “I was silent and did not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.
39:11  Remove your scourge from me; I am crushed by the blows of your hand.
39:12  You rebuke and punish people for their sins; like a moth you consume all their desires; human existence is a mere puff of wind. Selah
39:13  “Hear my prayer, O Lord; do not be deaf to my cry or ignore my weeping. For I am a wayfarer before you, a nomad like all my ancestors.
39:14  Turn your eyes away so that I may be glad before I depart and am no more.”