1Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle of David.

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2I said: I will take heed to my ways: that I sin not with my tongue. I have set a guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me.

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Psalms 6:1, Psalms 6:1, Hebrews 12:5, Hebrews 12:11, Isaiah 54:8

3I was dumb, and was humbled, and kept silence from good things: and my sorrow was renewed.

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Job 6:4, Psalms 32:4, Job 6:4, Psalms 32:4, Psalms 64:7

4My heart grew hot within me: and in my meditation a fire shall flame out.

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Psalms 6:2, Psalms 6:2, Psalms 51:8, Psalms 51:8, Isaiah 1:5

5I spoke with my tongue: O Lord, make me know my end. And what is the number of my days: that I may know what is wanting to me.

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Psalms 40:12, Psalms 40:12, Ezra 9:6, Ezra 9:6, Matthew 11:28

6Behold thou hast made my days measurable. and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity: every man living.

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Isaiah 1:5, Isaiah 1:6, Isaiah 1:5, Isaiah 1:6, Jeremiah 8:22

7Surely man passeth as an image: yea, and he is disquieted in vain. He storeth up: and he knoweth not for whom he shall gather these things.

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Job 30:28, Job 30:28, Psalms 35:14, Psalms 35:14, Psalms 42:9

8And now what is my hope? is it not the Lord? and my substance is with thee.

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Psalms 41:8, 2 Chronicles 21:18, 2 Chronicles 21:19, Psalms 102:3, Acts 12:23

9Deliver thou me from all my iniquities: thou hast made me a reproach to the fool.

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Job 3:24, Psalms 32:3, Job 3:24, Psalms 32:3, Job 30:28

10I was dumb, and I opened not my mouth, because thou hast done it.

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Psalms 10:17, Psalms 10:17, Psalms 6:6, Psalms 6:6, 2 Corinthians 5:2

11Remove thy scourges from me. The strength of thy hand hath made me faint in rebukes:

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Psalms 6:7, Psalms 6:7, Psalms 88:9, Psalms 69:3, Psalms 88:9

12Thou hast corrected man for iniquity. And thou hast made his soul to waste away like a spider: surely in vain is any man disquieted.

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Psalms 31:11, Psalms 31:11, Luke 23:49, Luke 23:49, Job 19:13

13Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication: give ear to my tears. Be no silent: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were.

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Psalms 35:20, Psalms 35:20, 2 Samuel 17:1, 2 Samuel 17:3, Psalms 140:5

14O forgive me, that I may be refreshed, before I go hence, and be no more.

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Psalms 39:9, Isaiah 53:7, Psalms 39:2, Psalms 39:9, Isaiah 53:7