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Psalm 39:1-3 (Listen)

What Is the Measure of My Days?

To the choirmaster: to vJeduthun. A Psalm of David.

39 I said, “I will wguard my ways,

that I xmay not sin with my tongue;

I will yguard my mouth with a muzzle,

so long as the wicked are in my presence.”

I was zmute and silent;

I held my peace to no avail,

and my distress grew worse.

My aheart became hot within me.

As I mused, the fire burned;

then I spoke with my tongue: