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Psalm 39:2-4
Contemporary English Version

2 I kept completely silent,
but it did no good,[a]
    and I hurt even worse.

3 I felt a fire burning inside,
    and the more I thought,
the more it burned,
    until at last I said:
4 “Please, Lord,
show me my future.
    Will I soon be gone?

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  1. 39.2 but … good: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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