Psalms 39
39
To the director, Jeduthun.#Psalm 39 Jeduthun Or “and to Jeduthun,” one of the three main temple musicians. See 1 Chron. 9:16; 16:38-42. A song of David.
1I said, “I will be careful about what I say.
I will not let my tongue cause me to sin.
I will keep my mouth closed#39:1 will keep … closed Literally, “guard my mouth with a muzzle.”
when I am around wicked people.”
2So I didn’t say anything.
I didn’t even say anything good,
but I became even more upset.
3I was very angry,
and the more I thought about it, the angrier I became.
So I said something.
4Lord, tell me, what will happen to me now?
Tell me, how long will I live?
Let me know how short my life really is.
5You gave me only a short life.
Compared to you, my whole life is nothing.
The life of every human is like a cloud that quickly disappears. Selah
6Our life is like an image in a mirror.#39:6 Our life … mirror Or “This life is not real—it is only a shadow” or “People wander around in the dark—not knowing what will happen.”
We rush through life collecting things,
but we don’t know who will get them after we die.
7So, Lord, what hope do I have?
You are my hope!
8Save me from the bad things I did.
Don’t let me be treated like a fool.
9I will not open my mouth.
I will not say anything.
You did what should have been done.
10But please stop punishing me.
You will destroy me if you do not stop.
11You punish people for doing wrong to teach them the right way to live.
As a moth destroys cloth, you destroy what people love.
Yes, our lives are like a small cloud that quickly disappears. Selah
12Lord, hear my prayer!
Listen to the words I cry to you.
Look at my tears.
I am only a traveler passing through this life with you.
Like all my ancestors, I will live here only a short time.#39:12 I will live … time Literally, “I am a settler.”
13Leave me alone#39:13 Leave me alone Or “Stop looking at me.” and let me be happy
before I am dead and gone.
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Psalm 39
39
To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.
1I said, I will take heed to my ways,
That I sin not with my tongue:
I will keep my mouth with a bridle,
While the wicked is before me.
2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good;
And my sorrow was stirred.
3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned:
Then spake I with my tongue.
4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is;
That I may know how frail I am.
5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth;
And mine age is as nothing before thee: Verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: Surely they are disquieted in vain:
He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
7And now, Lord, what wait I for?
My hope is in thee.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions:
Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth;
Because thou didst it. 10Remove thy stroke away from me:
I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity,
Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth:
Surely every man is vanity. Selah.
12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry;
Hold not thy peace at my tears:
For I am a stranger with thee,
And a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13O spare me, that I may recover strength,
Before I go hence, and be no more.
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