1 [For the choirmaster For Jeduthun Psalm Of David] I said, 'I will watch how I behave so that I do not sin by my tongue. I will keep a muzzle on my mouth as long as any sinner is near.'
2 I stayed dumb, silent, speechless, but the sinner's prosperity redoubled my torment.
3 My heart had been smouldering within me, but at the thought of this it flared up and the words came bursting out,
4 'Yahweh, let me know my fate, how much longer I have to live. Show me just how frail I am.
5 'Look, you have given me but a hand's breadth or two of life, the length of my life is as nothing to you. Every human being that stands on earth is a mere puff of wind,
6 every human being that walks only a shadow; a mere puff of wind is the wealth stored away -- no knowing who will profit from it.'
7 So now, Lord, what am I to hope for? My hope is in you.
8 Save me from all my sins, do not make me the butt of fools.
9 I keep silence, I speak no more since you yourself have been at work.
10 Take your scourge away from me. I am worn out by the blows you deal me.
11 You correct human beings by punishing sin, like a moth you eat away all their desires -- a human being is a mere puff of wind.
12 Yahweh, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for help, do not remain deaf to my weeping. For I am a stranger in your house, a nomad like all my ancestors.
13 Turn away your gaze that I may breathe freely before I depart and am no more!
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Psalm 39 is a psalm of lamentation, where the psalmist expresses his anguish in the face of the brevity of life and the inevitability of death. He calls for God for help and guidance, recognizing that his life is fragile and fleeting. Below are five Bible verses related to the topics addressed in this Psalm:
Job 14:5 - "Since your days are determined, with you is the number of your months; and you have set you boundaries, so that you will not pass beyond them." This verse talks about the brevity of life and how a person's days are told and limited by God.
Psalm 90:12 - "Teach us to tell our days in such a way that we reach wise hearts." This verse highlights the importance of recognizing the brevity of life and living wisely while you have time.
Hebrews 9:27 - "And just as men are ordered to die once, after that, judgment." This verse talks about the inevitability of death and judgment.
Psalm 119:25 - "My soul is attached to dust; quickens me according to your word." This verse reflects the same sensation as the psalmist that life is fragile and fleeting and cries to God for life and guidance.
John 11:25-26-"Jesus said unto him, I am the resurrection and life. He who believes in me, even though he dies, shall live; and all who lives and believes in me will not die, forever. Do you believe this?" This verse points to the hope of resurrection and eternal life through Jesus Christ.
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