Psalms 39

King James Version · 13 verses · 343 cross-references linking it to 185 other chapters

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1To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.43 cross-references: Proverbs 21:23, Psalms 141:3, James 1:26, Psalms 119:9, James 3:2–8
2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.12 cross-references: Acts 4:20, Isaiah 53:7, Psalms 38:13–14, Job 32:19–20, Matthew 7:6
3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,9 cross-references: Luke 24:32, Jeremiah 20:9, Ezekiel 3:14
4Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.9 cross-references: Psalms 90:12, Psalms 103:14, Psalms 119:84, Job 14:13
5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.44 cross-references: Psalms 144:4, Psalms 89:47, Psalms 90:9–10, Psalms 62:9, Psalms 39:11
6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.54 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 2:26, Luke 12:20–21, James 4:14, Ecclesiastes 12:13, 1 Corinthians 7:31
7And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.16 cross-references: Romans 15:13, Psalms 38:15, Psalms 119:81, Psalms 119:166, Genesis 49:18
8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.23 cross-references: Psalms 44:13, Psalms 79:4, Psalms 65:3, 2 Samuel 16:7–8, Matthew 1:21
9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.33 cross-references: Job 2:10, 2 Samuel 16:10, Job 1:21, Daniel 4:35, 1 Samuel 3:18
10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.18 cross-references: Job 9:34, Job 13:21, Psalms 38:3–4, Psalms 32:4, Psalms 25:16–17
11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.32 cross-references: Job 13:28, Isaiah 50:9, 1 Corinthians 11:30–32, Hebrews 12:6, Revelation 3:19
12Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.38 cross-references: 1 Peter 2:11, Hebrews 11:13, Genesis 47:9, Leviticus 25:23, Psalms 119:19
13O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.14 cross-references: Job 14:10–12, Job 10:20–21, Job 14:5–6, Job 7:19, Genesis 42:36

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