Verse 2
Psalms 39:2
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And 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."
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 39 Context
1
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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5
Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths; And my lifetime is as nothing before thee: Surely ev...
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6
Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up riches, a...
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7
And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.
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8
Deliver me from all my transgressions: Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
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9
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.
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10
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
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11
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a...
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12
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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13
Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.
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