1 I said, "I will keep watch over my ways So that I do not sin with my tongue; I will keep watch over my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence."
2 I was mute and silent, I refused to say even something good, And my pain was stirred up.
3 My heart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue:
4 "LORD, let me know my end, And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am.
5 Behold, You have made my days like hand widths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Certainly all mankind standing is a mere breath. Selah
6 Certainly every person walks around as a fleeting shadow; They certainly make an uproar for nothing; He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.
7 "And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
8 Save me from all my wrongdoings; Do not make me an object of reproach for the foolish.
9 I have become mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is You who have done it.
10 Remove Your plague from me; Because of the opposition of Your hand I am perishing.
11 With rebukes You punish a person for wrongdoing; You consume like a moth what is precious to him; Certainly all mankind is mere breath! Selah
12 "Hear my prayer, LORD, and listen to my cry for help; Do not be silent to my tears; For I am a stranger with You, One who lives abroad, like all my fathers.
13 Turn Your eyes away from me, that I may become cheerful again Before I depart and am no more."
Book Summary
Psalms is the Bible's songbook: one hundred fifty prayers and hymns of praise, lament, thanksgiving, and trust, many attributed to David. From the depths of despair to the heights of worship, it has voiced the prayers of God's people for millennia.
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