Psalm 39

Saturday's Daily Word and Thought Journal (By: Yusun Beck)

Psalm 39

"1I said, "I will ^(A)guard my ways
That I ^(B)may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard ^(C)my mouth as with a muzzle
While the wicked are in my presence."
2I was ^(D)mute and silent,
I ^[a]refrained even from good,
And my ^[b]sorrow grew worse.
3My ^(E)heart was hot within me,
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:
4"LORD, make me to know ^(F)my end
And what is the extent of my days;
Let me know how ^(G)transient I am.
5"Behold, You have made ^(H)my days as handbreadths,
And my ^(I)lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man at his best is a mere ^(J)breath. Selah.
6"Surely every man ^(K)walks about as ^[c]a phantom;
Surely they make an ^(L)uproar for nothing;
He ^(M)amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.
7"And now, Lord, for what do I wait?
My ^(N)hope is in You.
8"^(O)Deliver me from all my transgressions;
Make me not the ^(P)reproach of the foolish.
9"I have become ^(Q)mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is ^(R)You who have done it.
10"^(S)Remove Your plague from me;
Because of ^(T)the opposition of Your hand I am perishing.
11"With ^(U)reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;
You ^(V)consume as a moth what is precious to him;
Surely ^(W)every man is a mere breath. Selah.
12"^(X)Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent ^(Y)at my tears;
For I am ^(Z)a stranger with You,
A ^(AA)sojourner like all my fathers.
13"^(AB)Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may ^[d]smile again
Before I depart and am no more.""

(Quoted fromhttp://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2039;&version=49;)

We must guard our ways and keep our tongues. Many mistakes can happen when we aren't careful, but surely God is great always. Therefore, we should let God's ways consume us, and we should let God's truth protect us from the outside as well as ourselves. We must face our gaze on God forever and ever amen. Praise God.