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- I said, "I will guard my ways That I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence."
- I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, And my sorrow grew worse.
- My heart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue:
- "LORD, make me to know my end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am.
- "Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.
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- 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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- "Surely every man walks about as a phantom; Surely they make an uproar for nothing; He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.
- "And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
- "Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
- "I have become mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is You who have done it.
- "Remove Your plague from me; Because of the opposition of Your hand I am perishing.
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- Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro: He bustles about, but only in vain; he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it.
- "But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.
- Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools.
- I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this.
- Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
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- "With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.
- "Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner like all my fathers.
- "Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may smile again Before I depart and am no more."
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- You rebuke and discipline men for their sin; you consume their wealth like a moth-- each man is but a breath. Selah
- "Hear my prayer, O LORD, listen to my cry for help; be not deaf to my weeping. For I dwell with you as an alien, a stranger, as all my fathers were.
- Look away from me, that I may rejoice again before I depart and am no more."
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