39:1 For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. I said, I will watch my ways, so that I dont 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 doesnt 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. Dont make me the reproach of the foolish.
39:9 I was mute. I didnt 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. Dont 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.