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What Is the Measure of My Days?
To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
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.”
To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
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.”
Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness
To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
I said, “I will guard my ways,
Lest I sin with my tongue;
I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle,
While the wicked are before me.”
To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
I said, “I will guard my ways,
Lest I sin with my tongue;
I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle,
While the wicked are before me.”
I was mute and silent;
I held my peace to no avail,
and my distress grew worse.
I held my peace to no avail,
and my distress grew worse.
I was mute with silence,
I held my peace even from good;
And my sorrow was stirred up.
I held my peace even from good;
And my sorrow was stirred up.
My heart became hot within me.
As I mused, the fire burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:
As I mused, the fire burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:
“O Lord, make me know my end
and what is the measure of my days;
let me know how fleeting I am!
and what is the measure of my days;
let me know how fleeting I am!
“Lord, make me to know my end,
And what is the measure of my days,
That I may know how frail I am.
And what is the measure of my days,
That I may know how frail I am.
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
and my lifetime is as nothing before you.
Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah
Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my age is as nothing before You;
Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah
And my age is as nothing before You;
Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah
“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?
My hope is in you.
My hope is in you.
“And now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My hope is in You.
My hope is in You.
Deliver me from all my transgressions.
Do not make me the scorn of the fool!
Do not make me the scorn of the fool!
Deliver me from all my transgressions;
Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.
Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.
I am mute; I do not open my mouth,
for it is you who have done it.
for it is you who have done it.
I was mute, I did not open my mouth,
Because it was You who did it.
Because it was You who did it.
Remove your stroke from me;
I am spent by the hostility of your hand.
I am spent by the hostility of your hand.
Remove Your plague from me;
I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.
I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.
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
with rebukes for sin,
you consume like a moth what is dear to him;
surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah
When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity,
You make his beauty melt away like a moth;
Surely every man is vapor. Selah
You make his beauty melt away like a moth;
Surely every man is vapor. Selah
“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.
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.
“Hear my prayer, O Lord,
And give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
And give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner, as all my fathers were.