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Psalms 38
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1For the end, a Song of David, to Idithun.
1(39) For the end, a Song of David, to Idithun. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I set a guard on my mouth, while the sinner stood in my presence.
2I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I set a guard on my mouth, while the sinner stood in my presence.
2I was dumb, and humbled myself, and kept silence from good [words]; and my grief was renewed.
3I was dumb, and humbled myself, and kept silence from good [words]; and my grief was renewed.
3My heart grew hot within me, and a fire would kindle in my meditation: I spoke with my tongue,
4My heart grew hot within me , and a fire would kindle in my meditation: I spoke with my tongue,
4O Lord, make me to know my end, and the number of my days, what it is; that I may know what I lack.
5O Lord, make me to know mine end, and the number of my days , what it is; that I may know what I lack.
5Behold, you have made my days old; and my existence [is] as nothing before you: nay, every man living [is] altogether vanity. Pause.
6Behold, thou hast made my days old; and my existence [is] as nothing before thee: nay, every man living [is] altogether vanity. Pause.
6Surely man walks in a shadow; nay, he is disquieted in vain: he lays up treasures, and knows not for whom he shall gather them.
7Surely man walks in a shadow; nay, he is disquieted in vain: he lays up treasures, and knows not for whom he shall gather them.
7And now what [is] my expectation? [is it] not the Lord? and my ground [of hope] is with you. Pause.
8And now what [is] my expectation? [is it] not the Lord? and my ground [of hope] is with thee. Pause.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions: you have made me a reproach to the foolish.
9Deliver me from all my transgressions: thou hast made me a reproach to the foolish.
9I was dumb, and opened not my mouth; for you are he that made me.
10I was dumb, and opened not my mouth; for thou art he that made me.
10Remove your scourges from me: I have fainted by reason of the strength of your hand.
11Remove thy scourges from me: I have fainted by reason of the strength of thine hand.
11You chasten man with rebukes for iniquity, and you make his life to consume away like a spider's web; nay, every man is disquieted in vain. Pause.
12Thou chastenest man with rebukes for iniquity, and thou makest his life to consume away like a spider's web: nay, every man is disquieted in vain. Pause.
12O Lord, listen to my prayer and my supplication: attend to my tears: be not silent, for I am a sojourner in the land, and a stranger, as all my fathers [were].
13O Lord, hearken to my prayer and my supplication: attend to my tears: be not silent, for I am a sojourner in the land, and a stranger, as all my fathers [were].
13Spare me, that I may be refreshed, before I depart, and be no more.