PSALM THIRTY NINE

For the director of music.  

For Jeduthun. 

A psalm of David.

1 

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.’

2 

So I remained utterly silent,

    not even saying anything good.

But my anguish increased;

3 

    my heart grew hot within me.

While I meditated, the fire burned;

    then I spoke with my tongue:

4 

‘Show me, Lord, my life’s end

    and the number of my days;

    let me know how fleeting my life is.

5 

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.

6 

‘Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom;

    in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth

    without knowing whose it will finally be.

7 

‘But now, Lord, what do I look for?

    My hope is in you.

8 

Save me from all my transgressions;

    do not make me the scorn of fools.

9 

I was silent; I would not open my mouth,

    for you are the one who has done this.

10 

Remove your scourge from me;

    I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

11 

When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin,

    you consume their wealth like a moth –

    surely everyone is but a breath.

12 

‘Hear my prayer, Lord,

    listen to my cry for help;

    do not be deaf to my weeping.

I dwell with you as a foreigner,

    a stranger, as all my ancestors were.

13 

Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again

    before I depart and am no more.’

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READINGS

- Psalm Thirty Nine - 

Read by David Suchet

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- The Book of Psalms - 

Overviews

(The Bible Project)

The Book of Psalms

(The Bible Project)

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LINKS and STUDIES

Psalms part 1 - Study by David Pawson

https://youtu.be/qB3QV713xm0

Psalms Part 2 -Study by David Pawson

https://youtu.be/hQJNMgIHVKwSONGS

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                               Psalm 39 | Show Me How Short My Life Is | Bible Study

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SONGS

Psalm 39 Song - Mere Breath

Jason Silver

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PSALM THIRTY EIGHT

A psalm of David. A petition.

1 

Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger

    or discipline me in your wrath.

2 

Your arrows have pierced me,

    and your hand has come down on me.

3 

Because of your wrath there is no health in my body;

    there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.

4 

My guilt has overwhelmed me

    like a burden too heavy to bear.

5 

My wounds fester and are loathsome

    because of my sinful folly.

6 

I am bowed down and brought very low;

    all day long I go about mourning.

7 

My back is filled with searing pain;

    there is no health in my body.

8 

I am feeble and utterly crushed;

    I groan in anguish of heart.

9 

All my longings lie open before you, Lord:

    my sighing is not hidden from you.

10 

My heart pounds, my strength fails me;

    even the light has gone from my eyes.

11 

My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;

    my neighbours stay far away.

12 

Those who want to kill me set their traps,

    those who would harm me talk of my ruin;

    all day long they scheme and lie.

13 

I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,

    like the mute, who cannot speak;

14 

I have become like one who does not hear,

    whose mouth can offer no reply.

15 

Lord, I wait for you;

    you will answer, Lord my God.

16 

For I said, ‘Do not let them gloat

    or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.’

17 

For I am about to fall,

    and my pain is ever with me.

18 

I confess my iniquity;

    I am troubled by my sin.

19 

Many have become my enemies without cause;

    those who hate me without reason are numerous.

20 

Those who repay my good with evil

    lodge accusations against me,

    though I seek only to do what is good.

21 

Lord, do not forsake me;

    do not be far from me, my God.

22 

Come quickly to help me,

    my Lord and my Saviour.

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READINGS

- Psalm Thirty Eight - 

Read by David Suchet

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- The Book of Psalms - 

Overviews

(The Bible Project)

The Book of Psalms

(The Bible Project)

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LINKS and STUDIES

Psalms part 1 - Study by David Pawson

https://youtu.be/qB3QV713xm0

Psalms Part 2 -Study by David Pawson

https://youtu.be/hQJNMgIHVKwSONGS

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                         Psalm 38 | Come Quickly to My Rescue | Bible Study

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SONGS

Psalm 38, Do Not Forsake Me (a new musical setting)

Psalm 38 · Jacob Tilton

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