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To Know My End (Psalm 39)

from Remember Our Frame by Tarblossom

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I said, I will look to my ways,
Lest with my tongue I sin:
In sight of wicked men my mouth
With bridle I'll keep in.

With silence I as mute became,
I did myself restrain
From speaking good; but then the more
Increased was my pain.

My heart within me waxed hot;
And, while I musing was,
The fire did burn; and from my tongue
These words I did let pass:

My end, and measure of my days,
O Lord, unto me show
What is the same; that I thereby
My frailty well may know.

You my days a handbreadth made;
My age is in your eye
As nothing: sure each man at best
Is wholly vanity.

Each man walks in a vain show;
They vex themselves in vain:
He heaps up wealth, and does not know
To whom it shall pertain.

And now, O Lord, what wait I for?
From trespass set me free
My hope is fixed on you alone
The fool's scorn make not me.

Silent was I, closed was my mouth,
Because this work was yours
Your stroke take from me; by the blow
Of your hand I am sore

When with rebukes you do correct
Man for iniquity,
You waste his beauty like a moth:
Sure each man's vanity.

Attend my cry, Lord, at my tears
And prayers not silent be:
I sojourn as my fathers all,
And stranger without peace

O spare me now, that I my strength
Recover may again,
Before from hence I do depart,
And here no more remain.

My end, and measure of my days,
O Lord, unto me show
What is the same; that I thereby
My frailty well may know.

And now, O Lord, what wait I for?
From trespass set me free
My hope is fixed on you alone
The fool's scorn make not me.

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from Remember Our Frame, released February 17, 2021

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Tarblossom Turin, Italy

Tarblossom is the musical project of Jonathan Kleis, an electro-roots rock that mixes the fire of an Old Testament prophet with the fury of a Flannery O'Connor story. The inspiration behind Tarblossom can be found in the earthy grit of old-time Americana, the swampy spank of Delta bottleneck, and the pulsing ambience of modern electronica as a contemporary setting for ancient texts. ... more

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