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For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of David.
I said to myself, “I will watch what I do
and not sin in what I say.
I will hold my tongue
when the ungodly are around me.”
I said to myself, “I will watch what I do
and not sin in what I say.
I will hold my tongue
when the ungodly are around me.”
I Will Watch My Ways
{To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.} I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked is before me.
{To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.} I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked is before me.
But as I stood there in silence —
not even speaking of good things —
the turmoil within me grew worse.
not even speaking of good things —
the turmoil within me grew worse.
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
The more I thought about it,
the hotter I got,
igniting a fire of words:
the hotter I got,
igniting a fire of words:
My heart burned within me; the fire was kindled in my musing: I spoke with my tongue,
“LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be.
Remind me that my days are numbered —
how fleeting my life is.
Remind me that my days are numbered —
how fleeting my life is.
Make me to know, Jehovah, mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I shall know how frail I am.
You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand.
My entire lifetime is just a moment to you;
at best, each of us is but a breath.”
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My entire lifetime is just a moment to you;
at best, each of us is but a breath.”
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Behold, thou hast made my days [as] hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, [even] the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.
We are merely moving shadows,
and all our busy rushing ends in nothing.
We heap up wealth,
not knowing who will spend it.
and all our busy rushing ends in nothing.
We heap up wealth,
not knowing who will spend it.
Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
And so, Lord, where do I put my hope?
My only hope is in you.
My only hope is in you.
And now, what wait I for, Lord? my hope is in thee.
Rescue me from my rebellion.
Do not let fools mock me.
Do not let fools mock me.
Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the foolish.
I am silent before you; I won’t say a word,
for my punishment is from you.
for my punishment is from you.
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; for *thou* hast done [it].
But please stop striking me!
I am exhausted by the blows from your hand.
I am exhausted by the blows from your hand.
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
When you discipline us for our sins,
you consume like a moth what is precious to us.
Each of us is but a breath.
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you consume like a moth what is precious to us.
Each of us is but a breath.
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When thou with rebukes dost correct a man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely, every man is vanity. Selah.
Hear my prayer, O LORD!
Listen to my cries for help!
Don’t ignore my tears.
For I am your guest —
a traveler passing through,
as my ancestors were before me.
Listen to my cries for help!
Don’t ignore my tears.
For I am your guest —
a traveler passing through,
as my ancestors were before me.
Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; be not silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, like all my fathers.