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\c 39
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\d A psalm written by David for Jeduthun, the choir director
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\q1
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\v 1 I said to myself, "I will be careful not to sin by the things that I say.
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\q1 I will not say anything to complain to you
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\q2 while wicked people are near to me and can hear me."
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\q1
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\v 2 So I was completely silent, and I did not even talk about things that were good;
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\q2 but it was useless because I began to suffer even more.
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\q1
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\v 3 I became very anxious in my inner being.
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\q2 As I thought about my troubles, I became more worried.
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\q2 Then finally I said this:
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\v 4 "Yahweh, show me how long I will live.
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\q2 Tell me when I will die.
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\q2 Tell me how many years I will live!
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\q1
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\v 5 It seems that you have caused me to live only a short time;
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\q2 my lifetime seems nothing to you.
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\q2 The time that all we humans live is as short as a puff of air.
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\v 6 Then we disappear like a shadow does.
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\q2 It seems that all that we do is for nothing.
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\q2 We sometimes get a lot of money, but we do not even know who will get it after we die.
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\q1
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\v 7 So now, Yahweh, I can expect to receive nothing from anyone else.
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\q2 You are the only one from whom I confidently expect to receive blessings.
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\v 8 Save me from being punished for all the sins that I have committed.
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\q2 Do not allow foolish people to make fun of me.
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\q1
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\v 9 I did not say anything when you punished me
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\q2 because I knew that you were the one who caused me to suffer.
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\q1
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\v 10 But now, please stop punishing me!
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\q2 If you do not do that, I am about to die because of how you make me suffer.
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\q1
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\v 11 When you rebuke someone and punish him for the sin that he has committed,
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\q2 you destroy the things that he loves like moths eat away at clothing.
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\q2 Our lives disappear like a puff of air.
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\q1
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\v 12 Yahweh, listen to me while I pray;
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\q2 pay attention to me while I cry out to you.
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\q2 Help me while I am crying.
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\q1 I am here on the earth for only a short time,
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\q2 like all my ancestors.
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\q1
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\v 13 Now please allow me to be alone and do not punish me anymore
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\q2 so that I may smile and be happy for a while before I die."
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