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Ezra Chapter 39

1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my

2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my

3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned:

4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what

5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is

6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are

7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach

9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.

10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of

11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou

12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy

13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and