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  • 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.”
  • 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.”
  • I was mute with silence,
    I held my peace even from good;
    And my sorrow was stirred up.
  • I was mute and silent;
    I held my peace to no avail,
    and my distress grew worse.
  • My heart was hot within me;
    While I was [a]musing, the fire burned.
    Then I spoke with my tongue:
  • My heart became hot within me.
    As I mused, the fire burned;
    then I spoke with my tongue:
  • “Lord, make me to know my end,
    And what is the measure of my days,
    That I may know how frail I am.
  • “O Lord, make me know my end
    and what is the measure of my days;
    let me know how fleeting I am!
  • 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
  • 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
  • Surely every man walks about like a shadow;
    Surely they [b]busy themselves in vain;
    He heaps up riches,
    And does not know who will gather them.
  • Surely a man goes about as a shadow!
    Surely for nothinga they are in turmoil;
    man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
  • “And now, Lord, what do I wait for?
    My hope is in You.
  • “And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?
    My hope is in you.
  • Deliver me from all my transgressions;
    Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.
  • Deliver me from all my transgressions.
    Do not make me the scorn of the fool!
  • I was mute, I did not open my mouth,
    Because it was You who did it.
  • I am mute; I do not open my mouth,
    for it is you who have done it.
  • Remove Your plague from me;
    I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.
  • Remove your stroke from me;
    I am spent by the hostility of your hand.
  • When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity,
    You make his beauty melt away like a moth;
    Surely every man is vapor. Selah
  • 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
  • “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.
  • “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.
  • Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength,
    Before I go away and am no more.”
  • Look away from me, that I may smile again,
    before I depart and am no more!”

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