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¹ I said, "I will ^(a)guard my ways
That I ^(b)may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard ^(c)my mouth as with a muzzle
While the wicked are in my presence."
² I was ^(d)mute ^[b]and silent,
I ^[c]refrained even from good,
And my ^[d]sorrow grew worse.
³ My ^(e)heart was hot within me,
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:
⁴ "Lord, make me to know ^(f)my end
And what is the extent of my days;
Let me know how ^(g)transient I am.
⁵ "Behold, You have made ^(h)my days as handbreadths,
And my ⁽ⁱ⁾lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man ^[e]at his best is ^[f]a mere ^(j)breath. ^[g]Selah.
⁶ "Surely every man ^(k)walks about as ^[h]a phantom;
Surely they make an ^(l)uproar for nothing;
He ^(m)amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

⁷ "And now, Lord, for what do I wait?
My ⁽ⁿ⁾hope is in You.
⁸ "^(o)Deliver me from all my transgressions;
Make me not the ^(p)reproach of the foolish.
⁹ "I have become ^(q)mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is ^(r)You who have done it.
¹⁰ "^(s)Remove Your plague from me;
Because of ^(t)the opposition of Your hand I am ^[i]perishing.
¹¹ "With ^(u)reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;
You ^(v)consume as a moth what is precious to him;
Surely ^(w)every man is a mere breath. Selah.

¹² "^(x)Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent ^(y)at my tears;
For I am ^(z)a stranger with You,
A ^(aa)sojourner like all my fathers.
¹³ "^(ab)Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may ^[j]smile again
Before I depart and am no more."