A moment in scripture
Psalms 39:7
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And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 39:5
Behold, 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.
- Psalms 39:6
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
- Psalms 39:8
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
- Psalms 39:9
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.