Psalms 39

1 For the leader; for Jeduthun. A psalm of David. I vowed to watch my words, and sin not with my tongue, but to put on my mouth a muzzle, while the wicked were in my presence.

大卫的诗，交与伶长耶杜顿。 我曾说：我要谨慎我的言行， 免得我舌头犯罪； 恶人在我面前的时候， 我要用嚼环勒住我的口。

2 I was silent and dumb, speechless: but my pain was stirred up.

我默然无声，连好话也不出口； 我的愁苦就发动了，

3 My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire was kindled, till at last the words came to my tongue.

我的心在我里面发热。 我默想的时候，火就烧起， 我便用舌头说话。

4 ‘Teach me, O Lord, my end, and the sum of my days what it is. Let me know how transient I am.

耶和华啊，求你叫我晓得我身之终！ 我的寿数几何？ 叫我知道我的生命不长！

5 See! My days you have made but a span, and my life is as nothing before you. It is but as a breath that everyone stands: (Selah)

你使我的年日窄如手掌； 我一生的年数，在你面前如同无有。 各人最稳妥的时候，真是全然虚幻。 (细拉)

6 it is but in mere semblance we walk to and fro, and all our noise is for nothing. We heap up, and know not who will gather.’

世人行动实系幻影。 他们忙乱，真是枉然； 积蓄财宝，不知将来有谁收取。

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

主啊，如今我等什么呢？ 我的指望在乎你！

8 From all my transgressions deliver me; make me not the scorn of the fool.

求你救我脱离一切的过犯， 不要使我受愚顽人的羞辱。

9 I am dumb, never opening my mouth, for this is your own doing.

因我所遭遇的是出于你， 我就默然不语。

10 Remove your stroke from off me: by the might of your hand I am spent.

求你把你的责罚从我身上免去； 因你手的责打，我便消灭。

11 When you rebuke someone to punish their sins, you consume, like a moth, what they treasures. Everyone is only a breath. (Selah)

你因人的罪恶惩罚他的时候， 叫他的笑容消灭，如衣被虫所咬。 世人真是虚幻！ (细拉)

12 Hear my prayer, O Lord; attend to my cry for help. Hold not your peace at my tears. For I am but a guest of yours, a stranger visiting, like all my ancestors.

耶和华啊，求你听我的祷告， 留心听我的呼求！ 我流泪，求你不要静默无声！ 因为我在你面前是客旅， 是寄居的，像我列祖一般。

13 Look away from me, let me smile again, before I die and am gone.

求你宽容我， 使我在去而不返之先可以力量复原。