1I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I may not sin with my tongue; I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.

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Proverbs 21:23, Proverbs 21:23, Psalms 141:3, Psalms 141:3, James 1:26

2I was dumb with silence; I spake not even what was good; But my pain was increased.

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Acts 4:20, Acts 4:20, Isaiah 53:7, Psalms 38:13, Psalms 38:14

3My heart was hot within me; In my anguish the fire burst forth, And I spake with my tongue:

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Luke 24:32, Luke 24:32, Jeremiah 20:9, Jeremiah 20:9, Ezekiel 3:14

4LORD, make me to know mine end, And the number of my days, That I may know how frail I am!

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Psalms 90:12, Psalms 90:12, Psalms 103:14, Psalms 103:14, Psalms 119:84

5Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth, And my life is as nothing before thee; Yea, every man in his firmest state is altogether vanity. [Pause.]

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Psalms 144:4, Psalms 144:4, Psalms 89:47, Psalms 89:47, Psalms 90:9

6Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely he disquieteth himself in vain; He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

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Ecclesiastes 2:26, Luke 12:20, Luke 12:21, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Luke 12:20

7What, then, O Lord! is my hope? My hope is in thee!

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Romans 15:13, Romans 15:13, Psalms 38:15, Psalms 38:15, Psalms 119:81

8Deliver me from all my transgressions; Let me not be the reproach of scoffers!

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Psalms 44:13, Psalms 44:13, Psalms 79:4, Psalms 79:4, Psalms 65:3

9Yet I am dumb; I open not my mouth; For thou hast done it!

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Job 2:10, Job 2:10, 2 Samuel 16:10, 2 Samuel 16:10, Job 1:21

10But remove from me thine infliction; For I am perishing by the blow of thine hand.

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Job 9:34, Job 9:34, Job 13:21, Job 13:21, Psalms 38:3

11When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for iniquity, Thou causest his glory to waste away like a moth! Surely every man is vanity.

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Job 13:28, Job 13:28, Isaiah 50:9, Isaiah 50:9, 1 Corinthians 11:30

12Hear my prayer, O LORD! Give ear to my cry; Be not silent at my tears! For I am but a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.

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1 Peter 2:11, 1 Peter 2:11, Hebrews 11:13, Hebrews 11:13, Genesis 47:9

13O spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go away, and be no more!

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Job 14:10, Job 14:12, Job 10:20, Job 10:21, Job 14:5