Summary: <div class="poetry"> <p><strong> Hi, this is Ricky and our Daily Devotional today is found in Psalm 39. </strong><strong>Feel free to read along in the show notes below.</strong><br> <strong>Also, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this scripture so comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-39/">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-39/</a>.</strong></p> <p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-39-1"><span class="chapternum">1 </span>I said, “I will guard my ways,</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-39-1">that I may not sin with my tongue;</span></span><br> <span class="text Ps-39-1">I will guard my mouth with a muzzle,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-39-1">so long as the wicked are in my presence.”</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14515" class="text Ps-39-2"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>I was mute and silent;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-39-2">I held my peace to no avail,</span></span><br> <span class="text Ps-39-2">and my distress grew worse.</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span id="en-ESV-14516" class="text Ps-39-3"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span>My heart became hot within me.</span></span><br> <span class="text Ps-39-3">As I mused, the fire burned;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-39-3">then I spoke with my tongue:</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14517" class="text Ps-39-4"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>“O <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>, make me know my end</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-39-4">and what is the measure of my days;</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-39-4">let me know how fleeting I am!</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14518" class="text Ps-39-5"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-39-5">and my lifetime is as nothing before you.</span></span><br> <span class="text Ps-39-5">Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! <span class="selah">Selah</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span id="en-ESV-14519" class="text Ps-39-6"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span>Surely a man goes about as a shadow!</span></span><br> <span class="text Ps-39-6">Surely for nothing they are in turmoil;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-39-6">man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14520" class="text Ps-39-7"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-39-7">My hope is in you.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14521" class="text Ps-39-8"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>Deliver me from all my transgressions.</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-39-8">Do not make me the scorn of the fool!</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14522" class="text Ps-39-9"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>I am mute; I do not open my mouth,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-39-9">for it is you who have done it.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14523" class="text Ps-39-10"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>Remove your stroke from me;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class=""></span></span></p> </div>
