psalms 39 Background Information with Maps and Images (Picture Study Bible

psalms 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."

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

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

4 - "The LORD, show me my end,what is the measure of my days.Let me know how frail I am.

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

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

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

8 - Deliver me from all my transgressions.Don't make me the reproach of the foolish.

9 - I was mute.I didn't open my mouth,because you did it.

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

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

12 - "Hear my prayer, The 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.

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

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