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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 39, Verse 3

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I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
King James Version
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: [then] spake I with my tongue,
American Standard Version
My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned: [Then] spake I with my tongue:
New English Translation
my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words:
World English Bible
My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke 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.
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Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I [am] a stranger with thee, [and] a sojourner, as all my fathers [were].
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O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.