Verse 2
Psalms 39:2
World English Bible
2
I was mute with silence.
I held my peace, even from good.
My sorrow was stirred.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אָמַ֗רְתִּי אֶֽשְׁמְרָ֣ה דְרָכַ/י֮ מֵ/חֲט֪וֹא בִ/לְשׁ֫וֹנִ֥/י אֶשְׁמְרָ֥ה לְ/פִ֥/י מַחְס֑וֹם בְּ/עֹ֖ד רָשָׁ֣ע לְ/נֶגְדִּֽ/י
English Translation
I said, "I will guard my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle while the wicked are before me."
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Chapter 39 Context
1
I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue.
I will keep my mouth with a bridl...
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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:
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4
“Yahweh, show me my end,
what is the measure of my days.
Let me know how frail I am.
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5
Behold, you have made my days hand widths.
My lifetime is as nothing before you.
Surely every man st...
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6
“Surely every man walks like a shadow.
Surely they busy themselves in vain.
He heaps up, and doesn’t...
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7
Now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My hope is in you.
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8
Deliver me from all my transgressions.
Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.
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9
I was mute.
I didn’t open my mouth,
because you did it.
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10
Remove your scourge away from me.
I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
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11
When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity,
You consume his wealth like a moth.
Surely every man i...
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12
“Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry.
Don’t be silent at my tears.
For I am a stranger wi...
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13
Oh spare me, that I may recover strength,
before I go away, and exist no more.”
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