99. Friday Morning Prayer | Psalm 39:1-8

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Psalm 39:1-8

I said, “I will watch my ways

    and keep my tongue from sin;

I will put a muzzle on my mouth

    while in the presence of the wicked.”

So I remained utterly silent,

    not even saying anything good.

But my anguish increased;

    my heart grew hot within me.

While I meditated, the fire burned;

    then I spoke with my tongue:

“Show me, Lord, my life’s end

    and the number of my days;

    let me know how fleeting my life is.

You have made my days a mere handbreadth;

    the span of my years is as nothing before you.

Everyone is but a breath,

    even those who seem secure.[b]

“Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom;

    in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth

    without knowing whose it will finally be.

“But now, Lord, what do I look for?

    My hope is in you.

Save me from all my transgressions;

    do not make me the scorn of fools.


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