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Psalms 39

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Psalm 39 For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

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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."

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But when I was silent and still, not even saying anything good, my anguish increased.

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My heart grew hot within me, and as I meditated, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:

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"Show me, O LORD, my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life.

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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.

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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.

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"But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.

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Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools.

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I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this.

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Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

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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.

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"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.

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Look away from me, that I may rejoice again before I depart and am no more."

Psalms 40

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Psalm 40 For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

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I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry.

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He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

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He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.

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Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods.

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Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders you have done. The things you planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare.

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Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but my ears you have pierced ; burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.

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Then I said, "Here I am, I have come-- it is written about me in the scroll.

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I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart."

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I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; I do not seal my lips, as you know, O LORD.

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I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and salvation. I do not conceal your love and your truth from the great assembly.

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Do not withhold your mercy from me, O LORD; may your love and your truth always protect me.

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For troubles without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails within me.

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Be pleased, O LORD, to save me; O LORD, come quickly to help me.

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May all who seek to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

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May those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!" be appalled at their own shame.

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But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation always say, "The LORD be exalted!"

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Yet I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

Psalms 41

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Psalm 41 For the director of music. A psalm of David.

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Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the LORD delivers him in times of trouble.

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The LORD will protect him and preserve his life; he will bless him in the land and not surrender him to the desire of his foes.

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The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his bed of illness.

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I said, "O LORD, have mercy on me; heal me, for I have sinned against you."

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My enemies say of me in malice, "When will he die and his name perish?"

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Whenever one comes to see me, he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander; then he goes out and spreads it abroad.

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All my enemies whisper together against me; they imagine the worst for me, saying,

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"A vile disease has beset him; he will never get up from the place where he lies."

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Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

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But you, O LORD, have mercy on me; raise me up, that I may repay them.

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I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

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In my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever.

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Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.

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