Psalms 39:7-13

7"And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.

8Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool!

9I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.

10Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand.

11When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah

12"Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers.

13Look away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more!"