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11 You punish people for doing wrong to teach them the right way to live.
    As a moth destroys cloth, you destroy what people love.
    Yes, our lives are like a small cloud that quickly disappears. Selah

12 Lord, hear my prayer!
    Listen to the words I cry to you.
    Look at my tears.
I am only a traveler passing through this life with you.
    Like all my ancestors, I will live here only a short time.[a]
13 Leave me alone[b] and let me be happy
    before I am dead and gone.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 39:12 I will live … time Literally, “I am a settler.”
  2. Psalm 39:13 Leave me alone Or “Stop looking at me.”

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