Psa 39:1 To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I - TopicsExpress

Psa 39:1 To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, "I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence." Psa 39:2 I was mute and silent; I held my peace to no avail, and my distress grew worse. Psa 39:3 My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue: Psa 39:4 "O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! Psa 39:5 Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah Psa 39:6 Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather! Psa 39:7 "And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you. Psa 39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool! Psa 39:9 I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it. Psa 39:10 Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand. Psa 39:11 When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah Psa 39:12 "Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers. Psa 39:13 Look away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more!" Psa 40:1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. Psa 40:2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. Psa 40:3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD. Psa 40:4 Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie! Psa 40:5 You have multiplied, O LORD my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told. Psa 40:6 In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required. Psa 40:7 Then I said, "Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me: Psa 40:8 I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart." Psa 40:9 I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O LORD. Psa 40:10 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation. Psa 40:11 As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me! Psa 40:12 For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me. Psa 40:13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me! O LORD, make haste to help me! Psa 40:14 Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether who seek to snatch away my life; let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt! Psa 40:15 Let those be appalled because of their shame who say to me, "Aha, Aha!" Psa 40:16 But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, "Great is the LORD!" Psa 40:17 As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God! Psa 41:1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him; Psa 41:2 the LORD protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to the will of his enemies. Psa 41:3 The LORD sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health. Psa 41:4 As for me, I said, "O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you!" Psa 41:5 My enemies say of me in malice, "When will he die, and his name perish?" Psa 41:6 And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad. Psa 41:7 All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me. Psa 41:8 They say, "A deadly thing is poured out on him; he will not rise again from where he lies." Psa 41:9 Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me. Psa 41:10 But you, O LORD, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them! Psa 41:11 By this I know that you delight in me: my enemy will not shout in triumph over me. Psa 41:12 But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever. Psa 41:13 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen.