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Psalm 39

1 Dauid vttereth with what great grief & bitternes of minde he was driuen to theſe outragious complaints of his infirmities 2 For he confeſſeth that when he had determined ſilence, that he braſt forthe yet into wordes that he wolde not, through the greatnes of his grief. 4 Then he rehearſeth certeine requeſtes which taſte of the infirmitie of mã. 8 And mixeth with thẽ manie prayers: but all diſhewe a minde wonderfully troubled, that it maye plainely appeare how he did ſtriue mightely againſt death and deſperation.
¶ To the excellent muſician Ieduthún. A Pſalme of Dauid.
1.I Thoght, I wil take hede to my waies, that I ſinne not with my tōgue: I wil kepe my mouth brideled, while the wicked is in my ſight.
2.I was dumme and ſpake nothing: I kept ſilence euen from good, and my ſorow was more ſtirred.
3.Mine heart was hote within me, and while I was muſing, the fyre kindled, & I ſpake with my tongue, ſaying,
4.Lord, let me know mine end, & the meaſure of my dayes, what it is: let me know how long I haue to liue.
5.Beholde, thou haſt made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age as nothing in reſpect of thee: ſurely euerie man in his beſt ſtate is altogether vanitie. Sélah.
6.Douteles man walketh in a ſhadowe, and diſquieteth him ſelf in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, & cã not tel who ſhal gather thẽ.
7.And now Lord, what waite I for? mine hope is euen in thee.
8.Deliuer me from all my tranſgreſsions, and make me not a rebuke vnto the fooliſh.
9.I ſhulde haue bene dumme, and not haue opened my mouth, becauſe thou dideſt it.
10.Take thy plague away from me: for I am conſumed by the ſtroke of thine hãd.
11.When thou with rebukes doeſt chaſtiſe man for iniquitie, thou as a moth makeſt his beautie to conſume: ſurely euerie mã is vanitie. Sélah.
12.Heare my praier, ô Lord, & hearken vnto my crye: kepe not ſilence at my teares, for I am a ſtranger with thee, & a ſoiourner as all my fathers.
13.Stay thine angre from me, that I maie recouer my ſtrength, before I go hence & be not.

Notes

1:a.
This was one of ye chief, ſingers, 1 Chr 16,41.
1:b.
Albeit he had appointed with him ſelf paciently to haue taryed Gods leaſure, yet the vehemencie of his peine cauſed him to breake his purpoſe
2:c.
Thogh whẽ the wicked ruled, he thoght to haue kept ſilence, yet his zeale cauſed him to change his minde
3:d.
He confeſſeth that he grudged agaiſt God, conſidering the greatnes of his ſorowes, & the ſhortnes of his life
5:e.
Yet Dauid offended in yt that he reaſoned wt God, as thogh that he were to ſeuere towarde his weake creature.
8:f.
Make me not a mockĩg ſtocke to the wicked, or wrap me not vp wt the wicked, when they are put to ſhame
9:g.
Seing my troubles came of thy prouidẽce, I oght to haue endured thẽ paciently
11:h.
Thogh thine open plagues light not euermore vpõ them, yet thy ſecret curſſe cõtinually freteth them
11:i.
The worde ſignifieth all yt he deſireth, as health, force, ſtrength, beautie, and in whatſoeuer he hathe delite, ſo that the rod of God taketh away all that is deſired in this worlde
13:k.
For his ſorow cauſed him to thinke that God wolde deſtroy him vtterly: whereby we ſe how hard it is for the verie Saintes to kepe a meaſure in their wordes, when death & deſpaire aſſaile them.