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Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness
To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
I said, “I will guard my ways,
Lest I sin with my tongue;
I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle,
While the wicked are before me.”
To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
I said, “I will guard my ways,
Lest I sin with my tongue;
I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle,
While the wicked are before me.”
So I remained utterly silent,
not even saying anything good.
But my anguish increased;
not even saying anything good.
But my anguish increased;
I was mute with silence,
I held my peace even from good;
And my sorrow was stirred up.
I held my peace even from good;
And my sorrow was stirred up.
my heart grew hot within me.
While I meditated, the fire burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:
While I meditated, the fire burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:
“Show me, Lord, my life’s end
and the number of my days;
let me know how fleeting my life is.
and the number of my days;
let me know how fleeting my life is.
“Lord, make me to know my end,
And what is the measure of my days,
That I may know how frail I am.
And what is the measure of my days,
That I may know how frail I am.
Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my age is as nothing before You;
Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah
And my age is as nothing before You;
Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah
“Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom;
in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth
without knowing whose it will finally be.
in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth
without knowing whose it will finally be.
“But now, Lord, what do I look for?
My hope is in you.
My hope is in you.
“And now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My hope is in You.
My hope is in You.
Save me from all my transgressions;
do not make me the scorn of fools.
do not make me the scorn of fools.
Deliver me from all my transgressions;
Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.
Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.
I was silent; I would not open my mouth,
for you are the one who has done this.
for you are the one who has done this.
I was mute, I did not open my mouth,
Because it was You who did it.
Because it was You who did it.
Remove your scourge from me;
I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
Remove Your plague from me;
I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.
I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.
When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin,
you consume their wealth like a moth —
surely everyone is but a breath.
you consume their wealth like a moth —
surely everyone is but a breath.
When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity,
You make his beauty melt away like a moth;
Surely every man is vapor. Selah
You make his beauty melt away like a moth;
Surely every man is vapor. Selah
“Hear my prayer, Lord,
listen to my cry for help;
do not be deaf to my weeping.
I dwell with you as a foreigner,
a stranger, as all my ancestors were.
listen to my cry for help;
do not be deaf to my weeping.
I dwell with you as a foreigner,
a stranger, as all my ancestors were.
“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, as all my fathers were.
And give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner, as all my fathers were.