OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 9

Psalms 39:9

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I was mute.

I didn’t open my mouth,

because you did it.

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Psalms 39:9 in context

Psalms 39:6–12

6

“Surely every man walks like a shadow.

Surely they busy themselves in vain.

He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.

7

Now, Lord, what do I wait for?

My hope is in you.

8

Deliver me from all my transgressions.

Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.

9
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I was mute.

I didn’t open my mouth,

because you did it.

10

Remove your scourge away from me.

I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

11

When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity,

you consume his wealth like a moth.

Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.

12

“Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry.

Don’t be silent at my tears.

For I am a stranger with you,

a foreigner, as all my fathers were.

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