A moment in scripture
Psalms 39:9
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I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 39:7
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
- Psalms 39:8
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
- Psalms 39:10
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
- Psalms 39:11
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.