Psalm Chapter 39 Back NextPsalm 39 For the Chief Musician. For
Jeduthun. A Psalm by
David.
{39:1} I 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."
{39:2} I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.
{39:3} My
heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the
fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:
{39:4} "Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
{39:5} Behold, 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.
{39:7} Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My
hope is in you.
{39:8} Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don't make me the reproach of the foolish.
{39:9} I was mute. I didn't open my mouth, because you did it.
{39:10} Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
{39:11} When 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
foreigner, as all my
fathers were.
{39:13} Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more."
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