The Psalms (WEB)

Psalm 39

For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.

 ^39:1I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue.
      I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."

 ^39:2I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good.
      My sorrow was stirred.

 ^39:3My heart was hot within me.
      While I meditated, the fire burned:

 I spoke with my tongue:
      ^39:4"Yahweh, make me to know my end,
      What is the measure of my days.
      Let me know how frail I am.

 ^39:5Behold, you have made my days handbreadths.
      My lifetime is as nothing before you.

 Surely every man stands as a breath."

 Selah.

 ^39:6"Surely every man walks like a shadow.
      Surely they busy themselves in vain.

 He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.

 ^39:7Now, Lord, what do I wait for?
      My hope is in you.

 ^39:8Deliver me from all my transgressions.
      Don't make me the reproach of the foolish.

 ^39:9I was mute, I didn't open my mouth,
      Because you did it.

 ^39:10Remove your scourge away from me.
      I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

 ^39:11When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity,
      You consume his wealth like a moth.

 Surely every man is but a breath."

 Selah.

 ^39:12"Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry.
      Don't be silent at my tears.

 For I am a stranger with you,
      A sojourner, as all my fathers were.

 ^39:13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength,
      Before I go away, and be no more."

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