Psalms 39

1 For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”

大卫的诗，交与伶长耶杜顿。 我曾说：我要谨慎我的言行， 免得我舌头犯罪； 恶人在我面前的时候， 我要用嚼环勒住我的口。

2 I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.

我默然无声，连好话也不出口； 我的愁苦就发动了，

3 My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:

我的心在我里面发热。 我默想的时候，火就烧起， 我便用舌头说话。

4 “Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.

耶和华啊，求你叫我晓得我身之终！ 我的寿数几何？ 叫我知道我的生命不长！

5 You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath.

你使我的年日窄如手掌； 我一生的年数，在你面前如同无有。 各人最稳妥的时候，真是全然虚幻。 (细拉)

6 Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

世人行动实系幻影。 他们忙乱，真是枉然； 积蓄财宝，不知将来有谁收取。

7 And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

主啊，如今我等什么呢？ 我的指望在乎你！

8 Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.

求你救我脱离一切的过犯， 不要使我受愚顽人的羞辱。

9 I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.

因我所遭遇的是出于你， 我就默然不语。

10 Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.

求你把你的责罚从我身上免去； 因你手的责打，我便消灭。

11 You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor.

你因人的罪恶惩罚他的时候， 叫他的笑容消灭，如衣被虫所咬。 世人真是虚幻！ (细拉)

12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.

耶和华啊，求你听我的祷告， 留心听我的呼求！ 我流泪，求你不要静默无声！ 因为我在你面前是客旅， 是寄居的，像我列祖一般。

13 Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”

求你宽容我， 使我在去而不返之先可以力量复原。