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¹ For the Leader, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.² I said: 'I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue; ³ I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, had no comfort; and my pain was held in check.⁴ My heart waxed hot within me; while I was musing, the fire kindled; then spoke I with my tongue:⁵ 'LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; let me know how short-lived I am.⁶ Behold, Thou hast made my days as hand-breadths; and mine age is as nothing before Thee;

⁷ Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil; ⁸ And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope, it is in Thee.⁹ Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the base.¹⁰ I am dumb, I open not my mouth; because Thou hast done it.¹¹ Remove Thy stroke from off me; I am consumed by the blow of Thy hand.¹² With rebukes dost Thou chasten man for iniquity, and like a moth Thou makest his beauty to consume away; ¹³ Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; {N}for I am a stranger with Thee, a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

¹⁴ Look away from me, that I may take comfort, before I go hence, and be no more.'