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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 39, Verse 1

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Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
King James Version
To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
American Standard Version
[For the Chief Musician, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David]. I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.
New English Translation
For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. I decided,“I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man.”
World English Bible
I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."
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I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
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My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: [then] spake I with my tongue,
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LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it [is; that] I may know how frail I [am].
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Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah.
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Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope [is] in thee.
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Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
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I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it].
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Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
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When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man [is] vanity. Selah.