Psalm 39:3-9

³My heart grew hot within me;

as I mused, the fire burned.

Then I spoke with my tongue:

⁴“Show me, O LORD, my end

and the measure of my days.

Let me know how fleeting my life is.

⁵You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths,

and my lifetime as nothing before You.

Truly each man at his best

exists as but a breath.

⁶Surely every man goes about like a phantom;

surely he bustles in vain;

he heaps up riches

not knowing who will haul them away.

⁷And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?

My hope is in You.

⁸Deliver me from all my transgressions;

do not make me the reproach of fools.

⁹I have become mute;

I do not open my mouth

because of what You have done.

— Psalm 39:3-9

(BSB)

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Where Do I Put My Hope?

Illustration of Psalm 39:7-8

Illustration of Psalm 39:7-8 -- And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you. Rescue me from my rebellion. Do not let fools mock me.

Cross References for Psalm 39:3-9

• Psalm 90:12
• Romans 15:13
• Psalm 38:15
• Psalm 119:81
• Psalm 103:14
• Psalm 119:166
• Genesis 49:18
• Job 13:15
• Psalm 144:4
• James 4:14

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