Verse 1
Psalms 39:1
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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For the Chief Musician, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֥חַ ל/ידיתון לִֽ/ידוּת֗וּן מִזְמ֥וֹר לְ/דָוִֽד
English Translation
For the conductor, with stringed instruments; a psalm of David.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 39 Context
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For the Chief Musician, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I...
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I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.
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My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned; Then spake I with my tongue:
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Jehovah, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is; Let me know how frail I a...
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Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths; And my lifetime is as nothing before thee: Surely ev...
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Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up riches, a...
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And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.
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Deliver me from all my transgressions: Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
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I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.
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Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
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When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a...
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Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stra...
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Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.
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