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David first restrains his speech, then asks God to teach him how fleeting life is, confesses that human striving is vanity, and places his hope in God.
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Psalms 39
David first restrains his speech, then asks God to teach him how fleeting life is, confesses that human striving is vanity, and places his hope in God.
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1I said, I will take heed to my ways, that…2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even…3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing…4LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure…5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and…6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they…7And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is…8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the…9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou…10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by…11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou…12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my…13O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I…