Psalms 39
39
For the Music Director. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
1I said, “I will guard my ways, # 1Ki 2:4
lest I sin with my tongue;
I will keep a muzzle on my mouth
while the wicked are before me.”
2I was mute in silence;
I held my peace to no avail,
but my anguish grew worse.
3My heart was hot within me.
While I was musing, the fire burned; # Jer 20:9; Lk 24:32
then I spoke with my tongue:
4“Lord, let me know my end,
and what is the measure of my days, # Ps 90:12; 119:84
that I may know how frail I am.
5Behold, You have made my days as a few handbreadths,
and my age is as nothing before You.
Surely every man at his best is as a mere breath.” # Ps 62:9; 89:47 Selah
6Surely every man walks around like a shadow;
surely they make an uproar in vain; # Ecc 2:26
he heaps up riches, and does not know who will gather them. # Lk 12:20–21
7Now, O Lord, what do I wait for?
My hope is in You. # Ps 38:15
8Deliver me from all my transgressions; # Ps 51:14
do not make me the reproach of the foolish. # Ps 44:13
9I was silent; I did not open my mouth, # Job 2:10
because it was You who did it.
10Remove Your stroke from me; # Job 9:34; 13:21
I am coming to an end by the hostility of Your hand.
11When with rebukes You correct man for sin,
You consume like a moth what is precious to him; # Job 13:28; Isa 50:9
surely every man is mere vapor. Selah
12Hear my prayer, O Lord,
and give ear to my cry;
do not be silent at my tears.
For I am a stranger with You,
and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. # Heb 11:13; 1Pe 2:11
13Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may become cheerful again,
before I go away and am no more. # Job 10:20–21; 14:10–12
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The Holy Bible, Modern English Version
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