Psalms 39
39
PSALM 39
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthan,
A Psalm of David.
1I said, I will look to my ways,
lest with my tongue I sin:
In sight of wicked men my mouth
with bridle I'll keep in.
2With silence I as dumb became,
I did myself restrain
From speaking good; but then the more
increased was my pain.
3My heart within me waxed hot;
and, while I musing was,
The fire did burn; and from my tongue
these words I did let pass:
4Mine end, and measure of my days,
O Lord, unto me show
What is the same; that I thereby
my frailty well may know.
5Lo, thou my days an handbreadth mad'st;
mine age is in thine eye
As nothing: sure each man at best
is wholly vanity.
6Sure each man walks in a vain show;
they vex themselves in vain:
He heaps up wealth, and doth not know
to whom it shall pertain.
7And now, O Lord, what wait I for?
my hope is fix'd on thee.
8Free me from all my trespasses,
the fool's scorn make not me.
9Dumb was I, op'ning not my mouth,
because this work was thine.
10Thy stroke take from me; by the blow
of thine hand I do pine.
11When with rebukes thou dost correct
man for iniquity,
Thou wastes his beauty like a moth:
sure each man's vanity.
12Attend my cry, Lord, at my tears
and pray'rs not silent be:
I sojourn as my fathers all,
and stranger am with thee.
13O spare thou me, that I my strength
recover may again,
Before from hence I do depart,
and here no more remain.
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Tehillim (Psalms) 39
39
1I have said,”Let me guard my ways Against sinning with my tongue; Let me guard my mouth with a muzzle, While the wrongdoer is before me.”
2I became dumb, keeping still; I was silent, from good; And my pain was stirred.
3My heart was hot within me; While I was meditating, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
4“יהוה, let me know my end, And the measure of my days, what it is, Let me know how short-lived I am.
5See, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my lifetime is as non-existence before You; Only, all men standing, are all breath. Selah.”
6As but a shadow each one walks; They busy themselves, only in vain; He heaps up wealth, But knows not who gathers them.
7“And now, יהוה, what do I wait for? My expectancy is in You.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.”
9“I was dumb, I did not open my mouth, Because it was You who did it.
10Turn aside Your stroke from me; I am overcome by the blow of Your hand.”
11“When You chastise man for crookedness with reproofs, You consume what he loves, like a moth; All men are but a breath. Selah.
12Hear my prayer, O יהוה, And give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.”
13Look away from me, That I might brighten up, Before I go away and am no more.
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