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I said, "I will ^(C1)keep watch over my ways So that I ^(C2)do not sin with my tongue; I will keep watch over ^(C3)my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence."

I was ^(C1)mute ^(F1)and silent, I ^(F2)refused to say even something good, And my pain was stirred up.

My ^(C1)heart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue:

"LORD, let me know ^(C1)my end, And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how ^(C2)transient I am.

-"Behold, You have made ^(C1)my days like ^(F1)hand widths, And my ^(C2)lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Certainly all mankind standing is ^(F2)a mere ^(C3)breath. Selah

-"Certainly every person ^(C1)walks around as ^(F1)a fleeting shadow; They certainly make an ^(C2)uproar for nothing; He ^(C3)amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

"And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My ^(C1)hope is in You.

-"^(C1)Save me from all my wrongdoings; Do not make me an object of ^(C2)reproach for the foolish.

-"I have become ^(C1)mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is ^(C2)You who have done it.

-"^(C1)Remove Your plague from me; Because of ^(C2)the opposition of Your hand I am ^(F1)perishing.

-"With ^(C1)rebukes You punish a person for wrongdoing; You ^(C2)consume like a moth what is precious to him; Certainly ^(C3)all mankind is mere breath! Selah

"^(C1)Hear my prayer, LORD, and listen to my cry for help; Do not be silent ^(C2)to my tears; For I am ^(C3)a stranger with You, ^(C4)One who lives abroad, like all my fathers.

-"^(C1)Turn Your eyes away from me, that I may become cheerful again Before I depart and am no more."