Psalms 39
1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
For the end, a Song of David, to Idithun. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I set a guard on my mouth, while the sinner stood in my presence.
2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
I was dumb, and humbled myself, and kept silence from good [words]; and my grief was renewed.
3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spoke I with my tongue,
My heart grew hot within me, and a fire would kindle in my (meditation) I spoke with my tongue,
4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.
O Lord, make me to know mine end, and the number of my days, what it is; that I may know what I lack.
5 Behold, you have made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before you: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. (Selah)
Behold, thou hast made my days old; and my existence [is] as nothing before thee: nay, every man living [is] altogether vanity. (Pause)
6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them.
Surely man walks in a shadow; nay, he is disquieted in vain: he lays up treasures, and knows not for whom he shall gather them.
7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in you.
And now what [is] my expectation? [is it] not the Lord? and my ground [of hope] is with thee. (Pause)
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Deliver me from all my transgressions: thou hast made me a reproach to the foolish.
9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because you did it.
I was dumb, and opened not my mouth; for thou art he that made me.
10 Remove your stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of your hand.
Remove thy scourges from me: I have fainted by reason of the strength of thine hand.
11 When you with rebukes do correct man for iniquity, you make his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. (Selah)
Thou chastenest man with rebukes for iniquity, and thou makest his life to consume away like a spider's web; nay, every man is disquieted in vain. (Pause)
12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not your peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with you, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
O Lord, hearken to my prayer and my supplication: attend to my tears: be not silent, for I am a sojourner in the land, and a stranger, as all my fathers [were].
13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go behind, and be no more.
Spare me, that I may be refreshed, before I depart, and be no more.
