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1. 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."
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1. To the chief Musician H5329 , even to Jeduthun H3038 , A Psalm H4210 of David H1732 . I said H559 , I will take heed H8104 to my ways H1870 , that I sin not H4480 H2398 with my tongue H3956 : I will keep H8104 my mouth H6310 with a bridle H4269 , while H5750 the wicked H7563 is before H5048 me.
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2. But as I stood there in silence-- not even speaking of good things-- the turmoil within me grew worse.
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2. I was dumb H481 with silence H1747 , I held my peace H2814 , even from good H4480 H2896 ; and my sorrow H3511 was stirred H5916 .
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3. The more I thought about it, the hotter I got, igniting a fire of words:
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3. My heart H3820 was hot H2552 within H7130 me , while I was musing H1901 the fire H784 burned H1197 : then spoke H1696 I with my tongue H3956 ,
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4. "LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered-- how fleeting my life is.
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4. LORD H3068 , make me to know H3045 mine end H7093 , and the measure H4060 of my days H3117 , what H4100 it H1931 is; that I may know H3045 how H4100 frail H2310 I H589 am .
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5. 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." Interlude
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5. Behold H2009 , thou hast made H5414 my days H3117 as a handbreadth H2947 ; and mine age H2465 is as nothing H369 before H5048 thee: verily H389 every H3605 man H120 at his best state H5324 is altogether H3605 vanity H1892 . Selah H5542 .
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6. We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it.
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6. Surely H389 every man H376 walketh H1980 in a vain show H6754 : surely H389 they are disquieted H1993 in vain H1892 : he heapeth up H6651 riches , and knoweth H3045 not H3808 who H4310 shall gather H622 them.
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7. And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you.
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7. And now H6258 , Lord H136 , what H4100 wait H6960 I for? my hope H8431 is in thee.
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8. Rescue me from my rebellion. Do not let fools mock me.
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8. Deliver H5337 me from all H4480 H3605 my transgressions H6588 : make H7760 me not H408 the reproach H2781 of the foolish H5036 .
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9. I am silent before you; I won't say a word, for my punishment is from you.
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9. I was dumb H481 , I opened H6605 not H3808 my mouth H6310 ; because H3588 thou H859 didst H6213 it .
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10. But please stop striking me! I am exhausted by the blows from your hand.
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10. Remove H5493 thy stroke H5061 away from H4480 H5921 me: I H589 am consumed H3615 by the blow H4480 H8409 of thine hand H3027 .
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11. When you discipline us for our sins, you consume like a moth what is precious to us. Each of us is but a breath. Interlude
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11. When thou with rebukes H8433 dost correct H3256 man H376 for H5921 iniquity H5771 , thou makest his beauty H2530 to consume away H4529 like a moth H6211 : surely H389 every H3605 man H120 is vanity H1892 . Selah H5542 .
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12. 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.
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12. Hear H8085 my prayer H8605 , O LORD H3068 , and give ear H238 unto my cry H7775 ; hold not thy peace H2790 H408 at H413 my tears H1832 : for H3588 I H595 am a stranger H1616 with H5973 thee, and a sojourner H8453 , as all H3605 my fathers H1 were .
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13. Leave me alone so I can smile again before I am gone and exist no more. For the choir director: A psalm of David.
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13. O spare H8159 H4480 me , that I may recover strength H1082 , before H2962 I go H1980 hence , and be no H369 more.
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