- I said, "I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence."
- But when I was silent and still, not even saying anything good, my anguish increased.
- My heart grew hot within me, and as I meditated, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:
- "Show me, O LORD, my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life.
- You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man's life is but a breath. Selah
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- 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.
- I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
- My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
- LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.
- 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.
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