Psalms 39 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Psalm 39Prayer for Wisdom and ForgivenessTo the leader: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

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12 Ps 56.8; 102.1; Heb 11.13; 1 Pet 2.11 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,

and give ear to my cry;

do not hold your peace at my tears.

For I am your passing guest,

an alien, like all my forebears.

13 Job 10.20; 14.10 Turn your gaze away from me, that I may smile again,

before I depart and am no more.”