Psalms 39
1 To the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Melody of David. I said, [to myself, ] I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue, —I will put on my mouth a muzzle, So long as the lawless is before me.
大衛的詩，交與伶長耶杜頓。 我曾說：我要謹慎我的言行， 免得我舌頭犯罪； 惡人在我面前的時候， 我要用嚼環勒住我的口。
2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, afar from happiness, But, my pain had been stirred:
我默然無聲，連好話也不出口； 我的愁苦就發動了，
3 Hot was my heart within me, While I was musing, there was kindled a fire, I spake with my tongue!
我的心在我裏面發熱。 我默想的時候，火就燒起， 我便用舌頭說話。
4 Let me know, O Yahweh, mine end, And the measure of my days—what it is, I would know how short-lived I am.
耶和華啊，求你叫我曉得我身之終！ 我的壽數幾何？ 叫我知道我的生命不長！
5 Lo! as hand-breadths, hast thou granted my days, and my life-time, is as nothing before thee, —Surely, a mere breath, are all men, [even] such as stand firm. (Selah)
你使我的年日窄如手掌； 我一生的年數，在你面前如同無有。 各人最穩妥的時候，真是全然虛幻。 (細拉)
6 Surely as a shadow, doth every man wander, Surely in vain, do they bustle about, he heapeth things up, and knoweth not who shall gather them in.
世人行動實係幻影。 他們忙亂，真是枉然； 積蓄財寶，不知將來有誰收取。
7 Now, therefore, for what have I waited, O My Lord? My hope, is, in thee.
主啊，如今我等甚麼呢？ 我的指望在乎你！
8 From all my transgressions, rescue thou me, —The reproach of the base, oh do not make me!
求你救我脫離一切的過犯， 不要使我受愚頑人的羞辱。
9 I am dumb, I cannot open my mouth, for, thou, hast done it.
因我所遭遇的是出於你， 我就默然不語。
10 Remove from off me thy stroke, Because of the hostility of thy hand, am, I, consumed.
求你把你的責罰從我身上免去； 因你手的責打，我便消滅。
11 When, by rebukes for iniquity, thou hast corrected a man, Then hast thou consumed, as a moth, all that was delightful within him, Surely, a breath, are all men. (Selah)
你因人的罪惡懲罰他的時候， 叫他的笑容消滅，如衣被蟲所咬。 世人真是虛幻！ (細拉)
12 Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, And, unto my cry for help, give ear, At my tears, do not be silent, —For, a sojourner, am, I, with thee, A stranger, like all my fathers.
耶和華啊，求你聽我的禱告， 留心聽我的呼求！ 我流淚，求你不要靜默無聲！ 因為我在你面前是客旅， 是寄居的，像我列祖一般。
13 Look away from me that I may brighten up, Ere yet I depart and am no more.
求你寬容我， 使我在去而不返之先可以力量復原。
