I Watched My Ways

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I WATCHED MY WAYS (PSALM 39)

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I watched my ways; I kept from sin.
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My lips were sealed;
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I kept my pain within.
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But silent, still, my pain did grow.
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My heart grew hot;
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A fire burned in my soul!
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So then I spoke — I spoke my tongue,
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Lord! Lord!
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Hear my prayer!
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Lord, hear my cry for help,
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My daily weeping!
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I call to You, O    God.

Verse 2:
Show me, O Lord, how long my stay.
How fleeting are the number of my days!
My span of years is but a breath.
Relentlessly, I march unto my death.
I am a phantom, who toils in vain, Lord! Lord!
Be with me.
Lord, all my hope is You.
You are my meaning.
Save me from sin, O God.

Verse 3:
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O Lord my God, please hear my prayer.
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Take off my bur-den;
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Lift me with Your care.
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Lord turn a-way this test of pain,
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That one last time I ma-y rejoice again,
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Be-fore I die.
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Be-fore I die.