Psalm 39-40

Devotionals, Articles, and Bible Study Resources on Psalm 39-40

1I said, “I will watch my ways
so that I will not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth with a muzzle
as long as the wicked are present.”
2I was speechless and still;
I remained silent, even from speaking good,
and my sorrow was stirred.
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.
10Remove Your scourge from me;
I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
11You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity,
consuming like a moth what he holds dear;
surely each man is but a vapor.
12Hear my prayer, O LORD,
and give ear to my cry for help;
do not be deaf to my weeping.
For I am a foreigner dwelling with You,
a stranger like all my fathers.
13Turn Your gaze away from me,
that I may again be cheered
before I depart and am no more.”
1I waited patiently for the LORD;
He inclined to me and heard my cry.
2He lifted me up from the pit of despair,
out of the miry clay;
He set my feet upon a rock,
and made my footsteps firm.
3He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the LORD.
4Blessed is the man
who has made the LORD his trust,
who has not turned to the proud,
nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
5Many, O LORD my God,
are the wonders You have done,
and the plans You have for us —
none can compare to You —
if I proclaim and declare them,
they are more than I can count.
6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,
but my ears You have opened.
Burnt offerings and sin offerings
You did not require.
7Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—
it is written about me in the scroll:
8I delight to do Your will, O my God;
Your law is within my heart.”
9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;
behold, I do not seal my lips,
as You, O LORD, do know.
10I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart;
I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation;
I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness
from the great assembly.
11O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me;
Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
12For evils without number surround me;
my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see.
They are more than the hairs of my head,
and my heart has failed within me.
13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me;
hurry, O LORD, to help me.
14May those who seek my life
be ashamed and confounded;
may those who wish me harm
be repelled and humiliated.
15May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
be appalled at their own shame.
16May all who seek You
rejoice and be glad in You;
may those who love Your salvation
always say, “The LORD be magnified!”
17But I am poor and needy;
may the Lord think of me.
You are my helper and deliverer;
O my God, do not delay.
— Psalm 39-40

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