Psalms 38

1For the End, for Jeduthun; an ode by David.

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2I said, "I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I set a guard on my mouth When the sinner stood against me."

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3I was deadened and humbled; and I kept silent, even from good; And my grief was stirred anew.

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4My heart was hot within me, And in my meditation, fire will be kindled. I spoke with my tongue,

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5"O Lord, make me to know my end, And what is the measure of my days, So as to know what I lack.

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6Behold, You made my days as a handbreadth, And my existence is as nothing before You; But all things are vanity, and every man living. (Pause)

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7"Nevertheless man walks about like a phantom; Surely in vain they stir themselves up; He stores up treasure, but does not know for whom he will gather it.

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8And now what is my patience? Is it not the Lord? And my support is from You.

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9Deliver me from all my transgressions; You made me a reproach to the undiscerning.

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10I was dumb and opened not my mouth; For You are He who made me.

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11Take away Your scourges from me; Because of the strength of Your hand I fainted.

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12With rebukes You chasten a man for his transgression, And You cause his soul to waste away like a spider web; But every man stirs himself up in vain. (Pause)

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13"Hear my prayer, O Lord, And give ear to my supplication; Do not be silent at my tears, For I am a sojourner before You, And a stranger, as were all my fathers.

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14Do not forsake me, that I may revive Before I depart and am no longer here."

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