To the chief Musician, even 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 bridle, while
the wicked is before me.
02 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even
from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
03 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing
the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
04 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the
measure of my days, what it is: that I may know
how frail I am.
05 Behold, thou hast made my days as an
handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before
thee: verily every man at his best state is
altogether vanity. Selah.
06 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew:
surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up
riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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07 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in
thee.
08 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me
not the reproach of the foolish.
09 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because
thou didst it.
10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed
by the blow of thine hand.
11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for
iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away
like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my
cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a
stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my
fathers were.
13 O spare me, that I may recover strength,
before I go hence, and be no more.
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