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    Surely a man (A)goes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing[a] they are in turmoil;
    man (B)heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?
    (C)My hope is in you.
Deliver me from all my transgressions.
    (D)Do not make me the scorn of the fool!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 39:6 Hebrew Surely as a breath

“Surely everyone goes around(A) like a mere phantom;(B)
    in vain they rush about,(C) heaping up wealth(D)
    without knowing whose it will finally be.(E)

“But now, Lord, what do I look for?
    My hope is in you.(F)
Save me(G) from all my transgressions;(H)
    do not make me the scorn(I) of fools.

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