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Psalm 39:1-3
Lexham English Bible

The Brevity of Human Life

For the music director. For Jeduthun.[a] A psalm of David.[b]

39 I said, “I will guard my ways
that I may not sin[c] with my tongue.
I will keep a muzzle over my mouth
as long as the wicked are before me.”
2 I was mute with silence. I was silent even from saying good things,
and my pain was stirred up.
3 My heart grew hot inside me;
in my sighing a fire burned.
Then I spoke with my tongue,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 39:1 One of David’s musicians (1 Chr 16:41)
  2. Psalm 39:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
  3. Psalm 39:1 Literally “from sinning”
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