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Deliver me from all my sins of rebellion.
Do not make me the object of fools’ insults.
I am silent and cannot open my mouth
because of what you have done.[a]
10 Please stop wounding me.[b]
You have almost beaten me to death.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 39:9 tn Heb “because you acted.” The psalmist has in mind God’s disciplinary measures (see vv. 10-13).
  2. Psalm 39:10 tn Heb “remove from upon me your wound.”
  3. Psalm 39:10 tn Heb “from the hostility of your hand I have come to an end.”

Save me(A) from all my transgressions;(B)
    do not make me the scorn(C) of fools.
I was silent;(D) I would not open my mouth,(E)
    for you are the one who has done this.(F)
10 Remove your scourge from me;
    I am overcome by the blow(G) of your hand.(H)

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