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Psalm 39:2-4
Contemporary English Version
Psalm 39:2-4
Contemporary English Version
2 I kept completely silent,
but it did no good,[a]
and I hurt even worse.
3 I felt a fire burning inside,
and the more I thought,
the more it burned,
until at last I said:
4 “Please, Lord,
show me my future.
Will I soon be gone?
Footnotes
- 39.2 but … good: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
Psalm 39:2-4
King James Version
Psalm 39:2-4
King James Version
2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.
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