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Psalms 39:6

“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.

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Psalms 39 · Read in context

39:1

I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

39:2

I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

39:3

My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned. I spoke with my tongue:

39:4

“LORD, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.

39:5

Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.

39:6

“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.

39:7

Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

39:8

Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.

39:9

I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.

39:10

Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

39:11

When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.

39:12

“Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.

39:13

Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away and exist no more.”

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