Psalm 39 (Contemporary English Version)
A Prayer for Forgiveness
1I told myself, "I'll be carefulnot to sin by what I say,
and I'll muzzle my mouth
when evil people are near."
2I kept completely silent,
but it did no good, [a] and I hurt even worse.
3I felt a fire burning inside,
and the more I thought,
the more it burned,
until at last I said:
4"Please, LORD,
show me my future.
Will I soon be gone?
5You made my life short,
so brief that the time
means nothing to you.
"Human life is but a breath,
6and it disappears
like a shadow.
Our struggles are senseless;
we store up more and more,
without ever knowing
who will get it all.
7"What am I waiting for?
I depend on you, Lord!
8Save me from my sins.
Don't let fools sneer at me.
9You treated me like this,
and I kept silent,
not saying a word.
10"Won't you stop punishing me?
You have worn me down.
11You punish us severely
because of our sins.
Like a moth, you destroy
what we treasure most.
We are as frail as a breath.
12"Listen, LORD, to my prayer!
My eyes are flooded with tears,
as I pray to you.
I am merely a stranger
visiting in your home
as my ancestors did.
13Stop being angry with me
and let me smile again
before I am dead and gone."
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Psalm 39 (New International Version)
For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
and keep my tongue from sin;
I will put a muzzle on my mouth
as long as the wicked are in my presence."
2 But when I was silent and still,
not even saying anything good,
my anguish increased.
3 My heart grew hot within me,
and as I meditated, the fire burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:
4 "Show me, O LORD, my life's end
and the number of my days;
let me know how fleeting is my life.
5 You have made my days a mere handbreadth;
the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Each man's life is but a breath.
Selah
6 Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro:
He bustles about, but only in vain;
he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it.
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 You rebuke and discipline men for their sin;
you consume their wealth like a moth—
each man is but a breath.
Selah
12 "Hear my prayer, O LORD,
listen to my cry for help;
be not deaf to my weeping.
For I dwell with you as an alien,
a stranger, as all my fathers were.
13 Look away from me, that I may rejoice again
before I depart and am no more."
When i was doing my Bible study I noticed this change but i really like how it is written in the new international version.
" 5 You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man's life is but a breath. Selah"
I noticed this and I got to thinking how our life truly is only as good as the width of our hand. Many people have left a very heavy hand print during their days. It makes me glad that even though life goes very fast I still have a very long time to make a deep imprint on others lives, just as God imprints me.
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Several times in the past few years the Lord has shown me imprints of my own hand made many, many years ago, before I was sensitive to His Presence. Some of those were positive, but many more than I care to recall were negative, from the back of the hand, so to speak.
I am so grateful to Jesus Christ that He has granted me a while longer to bring the ledger back into better balance. While He has already balanced it in my favor, I savor the opportunity to work in His favor a while longer.
Praise God that he so favored me...Proverbs 18:22
Sir C
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