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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.”
For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of David.
I said to myself, “I will watch what I do
and not sin in what I say.
I will hold my tongue
when the ungodly are around me.”
I said to myself, “I will watch what I do
and not sin in what I say.
I will hold my tongue
when the ungodly are around me.”
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.
But as I stood there in silence —
not even speaking of good things —
the turmoil within me grew worse.
not even speaking of good things —
the turmoil within me grew worse.
The more I thought about it,
the hotter I got,
igniting a fire of words:
the hotter I got,
igniting a fire of words:
“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.
“LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be.
Remind me that my days are numbered —
how fleeting my life is.
Remind me that my days are numbered —
how fleeting my life is.
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
You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand.
My entire lifetime is just a moment to you;
at best, each of us is but a breath.”
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My entire lifetime is just a moment to you;
at best, each of us is but a breath.”
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We are merely moving shadows,
and all our busy rushing ends in nothing.
We heap up wealth,
not knowing who will spend it.
and all our busy rushing ends in nothing.
We heap up wealth,
not knowing who will spend it.
“And now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My hope is in You.
My hope is in You.
And so, Lord, where do I put my hope?
My only hope is in you.
My only hope is in you.
Deliver me from all my transgressions;
Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.
Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.
Rescue me from my rebellion.
Do not let fools mock me.
Do not let fools mock me.
I was mute, I did not open my mouth,
Because it was You who did it.
Because it was You who did it.
I am silent before you; I won’t say a word,
for my punishment is from you.
for my punishment is from you.
Remove Your plague from me;
I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.
I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.
But please stop striking me!
I am exhausted by the blows from your hand.
I am exhausted by the blows from your hand.
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
When you discipline us for our sins,
you consume like a moth what is precious to us.
Each of us is but a breath.
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you consume like a moth what is precious to us.
Each of us is but a breath.
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“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.
Hear my prayer, O LORD!
Listen to my cries for help!
Don’t ignore my tears.
For I am your guest —
a traveler passing through,
as my ancestors were before me.
Listen to my cries for help!
Don’t ignore my tears.
For I am your guest —
a traveler passing through,
as my ancestors were before me.