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Psalm 39 is a Lament psalm: the psalmist cries out in the midst of suffering, the sinfulness of his life and the world, and the heavy hand of God upon him. It is a dark psalm of a man in desperation–even ending with the plea for the Lord to look away from him that he may again have gladness in his life before he dies (v.13). And yet in the middle he declares: “my hope is in you” (v.7).